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“Dirk” passed her first exam! Today, Dr. Mader of Marathon Veterinary Hospital performed an endoscope on our newest patient “Dirk” who passed with flying colors![…]

On July 7th one of our newest patients became tumor free! On many occasions, a turtle will need to have several surgeries to remove all[…]

This morning we were very happy to see that former Turtle Hospital employee, Donna, was dropping by for a visit. We got even more excited[…]

We’re excited to introduce our newest group of turtle heros! The Neiman family was able to scoop out a 12 lbs Green sea turtle yesterday[…]

The Turtle Hospital responded to two rescue calls in late June and were successfully able to treat two critically endangered sea turtles. The first was[…]

On Tuesday, June 10, we welcomed our third hawksbill post-hatchling intake for the year. This one was rescued by Richard of Sugarloaf Key. He found[…]

Here at the hospital we have learned that if we get one sick or injured loggerhead in we are going to get a whole mess[…]

A rare rescue was made on May 15th, when a turtle in trouble was spotted in the marina of The Turtle Hospital! Named ‘Yertle’, this turtle[…]

    We are excited to announce a Public Sea Turtle Release scheduled for this coming Monday, May 12th at 5:30 p.m. off of Sombrero[…]

A great rescue was made Friday evening by Islamorada residents Jaye and Gary! The couple spotted a small turtle in distress in the canal behind[…]

Two of our newest patients, JoJo and Ben, are suffering with an all too familiar problem: intestinal blockages. Gas from infection causes the turtles to[…]

                                                              The Turtle Hospital is excited to announce a public sea turtle release on Saturday, April 26th at 10:00 AM.  Join us on[…]