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Warm ocean waters may have led to first known sea turtle nesting in California

NPR | By Gurjit Kaur,

Mallory Yu, Ailsa Chang

Published October 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM CDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with marine ecologist Jeff Seminoff about the first known natural sea turtle nesting on California's shores.

Gurjit Kaur

Mallory Yu

Mallory Yu is an associate producer for All Things Considered.

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.