Dozens gathered on the beach at Alligator Point to watch as the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab released Echo the sea turtle back into the Gulf of Mexico.
The sea turtles, ranging in size from 3 to 35 pounds, were released by the Zoo’s sea turtle team and TAMU Galveston’s Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research.
A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, named Clean after the Taylor Swift song, wears a miniature beaded friendship bracelet before ...