Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Nests Rise on the Texas Coast
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is an endangered animal.
- A2
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protects nature and wild animals.
- B1
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with the National Park Service and partner groups.
- B2
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and partner groups found 697 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests in Texas in the 2026 season.
- C1
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and partner groups recorded 697 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests along the Texas coast in the 2026 nesting season.
- C2
One nest every three years was roughly all that could be found in 1978.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- endangered
- in danger of disappearing forever because very few are left
- species
- a group of animals or plants that are the same kind and can produce young together
- mature
- fully grown and developed as an adult
- launch
- to start a big and important plan or activity
- release
- to let an animal or person go free from a place where they were kept
- cooperation
- the act of working together with others to reach the same goal
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by US Fish and Wildlife Service. Read the original for the full report.