Rare sea turtles laid eggs here only to have them threatened by hurricane-charged waves

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: John Donegan | Long Beach Post, as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · September 26, 2026 · 1 min read

Aquarium of the Pacific animal care staff work with biologists from NOAA Southwest Fisheries Service to collect olive ridley sea turtle eggs from nests on Southern California beaches Friday, September 25, 2026 (Josh Barber / Aquarium of the Pacific) In a moment of Darwinian serendipity, sea turtl...

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