Leatherback Turtle in Texas - First Since 1930’s

clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com For the first time since the 1930’s, federal biologists confirmed that a leatherback sea turtle has nested on a Texas beach, at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi. The giant turtles, endangered around the world, have until now only been known to nest in three spots in the United States