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2026
January 23 – KRGV 5, ‘We’re Ready:’ Sea Turtle Inc. Prepares for Rescue of Cold Stunned Sea Turtles
January 26 – KRGV 5, Sea Turtle Inc. Places Tarps Over Tanks to Prevent Cold Stun
January 26 – KRGV 5, Dozens of Cold-stunned Sea Turtles Rescued at South Padre Island
2025
March 2 – KRGV 5, Sea Turtle Inc. Opens New Hospital and Research Facility
October 26 – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Welcome to Sea Turtle Inc. | RESTORE the Texas Coast
2024
January 15 – Texas Public Radio, Sea Turtle Inc volunteers prepare to recover hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles during freeze
January 15 – KMID Odessa, TX Protecting Sea Turtles
2023
December 7 – Sea Turtle Inc., Green Mountain Energy Partners with Sea Turtle Inc.
2022
February 8 – KRGV 5, Dozens of sea turtles released after last week’s cold front
February 16 – Discovery | Travel Texas, Nature in Focus with Ian Shive
March 11 – SAFE Worldwide, A conversation with conservationists
August 10 – Sea Turtle Inc., Texas International Fishing Tournament
2021
February 18 – Today Show, Thousands of “cold stunned ” turtles are being rescued in Texas
February 26 – BBC World News, Texas sea turtles released back into sea after cold front eases
March 13 – NPR News, Texas “Cold Stun” of 2021 Was Largest Sea Turtle Rescue In History, Scientists Say
April 9 – Today Show, Sea turtle rescued from the Texas freeze is released back into the Gulf
September 28 – International Museum of Art & Science, Nina Nahvi named IMATS RGV STEMINIST
November 10 – ValleyCentral, Sea Turtle, Inc. has a new executive director
December 9 – ValleyCentral, Sea Turtle, Inc. welcomes 20 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles from Boston
December 10 – KRGV 5, Cold sea water temperatures paralyzing sea turtles, one valley organization nursing back to health
December 24 – KRGV 5, Day Time Live with Kimberly and Esteban Segment
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2026
February 25 – SRQ Magazine, Shelter Dog Becomes Sea Turtle Nest Detector
February 26 – Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota Rescue Trains to Protect Sea Turtle Nests in Texas
February 27 – The Explorers Club Texas Chapter, The Freeze That Forged Us: How Business Strategy and Conservation Passion Transformed Sea Turtle Inc.
March 4 – Observer, Dog from Satchel’s Last Resort in training to search out sea turtle nests
2025
March 1 – Texas Highways, Inside the World’s Largest Sea Turtle Hospital
March 2 – KRGV, Sea Turtle Inc. Opens New Hospital and Research Facility
March 6 – Port Isabel Press, Sea Turtle Inc. Unveils Completed Hospital
June 18 – AAA Magazine, Nonprofit Amplifies efforts To Protect Sea Turtles
2024
January 15 – Valley Morning Star, Sea Turtle Inc. prepares to patrol for cold stunned turtles
January 18 – Yahoo News UK, Texas aquarium rescues cold-stunned turtles from freezing waters
January 23 – Forbes, Here’s Why Hundreds of Sea Turtles are Being Found on U.S Shores
April 4 – MySA, Sea Turtle Inc. hopes for third-record breaking nesting season in Texas
October 25 – MySA, Blinded sea turtle relocates to Texas facility after surviving poachers
2023
June 3 – MyRGV, Sea Turtle Inc. On Alert For First Hatching Event
2022
February 11 – Spectrum News, Saving our Texas sea turtles
February 24 – Texas Monthly, How the Turtle Lady of South Padre Island Helped Save the Kemps’ Ridley
July 31 – Yahoo News, Sam Hunt Unexpectedly Boosts Support For Endangered Sea Turtles
September 28 – Valley Morning Star, Cancer Patient Gets an Audience with Allison the Sea Turtle
2021
February 4 – MyRGV, Sea Turtle Inc. receives grant for virtual learning
February 17 – Washington Post, Volunteers race to save thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles washing up in Texas
February 19 – National Geographic, Nearly 5,000 sea turtles rescued from freezing waters on Texas island
September 15 – IERA Women Leaders Wendy Knight named Top 10 CEO of 2021
September 30 -Yahoo News, Welcoming “Poppy” Sea Turtle Inc. adopts non-releasable loggerhead
November 13 – Port Isabel Press, Sea Turtle, Inc. look towards future
December 16 – ValleyCentral, SpaceX trained to preserve sea turtle life in Boca Chica
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