a marine turtle
"We spent the afternoon watching ridleys nest on the remote beach before they returned to the ocean."
Any of the marine turtles of the genus Lepidochelys, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
"The conservation team worked tirelessly to rescue a sick ridley from the polluted waters before it could die."
A surname, from Old English​.
"The famous marine biologist Sir David Attenborough often refers to his colleague as Ridley in conversation about their shared work on shark documentaries."