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Another Green Patient: Eddie

Another green sea turtle with fibropapilloma tumors arrived at The Turtle Hospital on April 11th.  Eddie was rescued in Sandy Key, found floating and covered[…]

One Flipper Wonder

Itty bitty washback post-hatchling, Finn, was found floating in a bed of seagrass on April 11th–with only one fully functional flipper!  This loggerhead is probably[…]

Ernie Arrives at the Turtle Hospital

On March 30th, Diver Dave and Rob Zombie were out trying to catch a few more lobster before the season ended; they noticed a young[…]

Rocky D Released!

Weighing 176-lb at the time of his release, loggerhead Rocky D rounded out the last of 4 loggerheads to be released in the month of[…]

Welcome to Colorado!

Colorado is a 161-pound loggerhead that was admitted to the hospital on March 25th with four boat propeller strikes toward the rear of his shell. He was[…]

No More Tumors? No More Rehab!

Celebrating his one-year anniversary being free of FP tumors, L&L experienced another type of freedom–release!  A few weeks ago, L&L said goodbye to bunkmates SAS[…]

New FP Patient Mallory

Mallory completed the influx of sea turtles needing rehab–4 in 4 days!–when she arrived on April 2nd. This green sub-adult is being treated for buoyancy[…]