Tag: cold-stunned

It was one of the largest cold-stunning events ever recorded. Thousands of sea turtles washed up on Texas beaches after a severe cold front hit the region, putting the turtles...

Thousands of sea turtles recently washed up along the Texas coastline after a winter storm caused temperatures to plummet. Unusually cold temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico caused turtles’ heartrates...

The New England Aquarium has rescued a record number of cold-stunned sea turtles washed ashore on Cape Cod beaches. Aquarium officials say they have taken in over 700 turtles, topping...

Thirty Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were on the back to the sea — by air — when the rescue mission hit a few snags. Flying on the day before Thanksgiving,...

It’s not unusual for sea turtles to turn up cold-stunned and stranded on Cape Cod beaches. As they migrate south from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico...