Posts by Turtle Hospital

A beautiful juvenile green turtle, nicknamed ‘Daisy’, was rescued in early September of 2012. The turtle was found floating, lethargic, and having small tremors. Her[…]

A turtle nicknamed ‘Senor Fab’ was rescued in early March by a group of students from University of Florida. On their spring break through the[…]

It has been a long journey for a young green sea turtle rescued on the first of November, nicknamed ‘Fitzy’. Fitzy was found with heavy[…]

Just when one Loggerhead gets healthy enough for release, another comes in sick! Turtle Hospital staff was thrilled to release a subadult Loggerhead named ‘Grace’[…]

The Turtle Hospital has been busy the past few days! With people from around the world enjoying spring break, we have had record amounts of[…]

Join us as we release Grace, a loggerhead sea turtle back to her ocean home on Saturday, April 6th at 2:00 p.m. off of Anne’s[…]

Depending on the time of year and the turtle, every now and again the permanent residents are pulled out for scrubbing. The 11 permanent resident[…]

Turtle Hospital staff is getting ready for our next release! Today, a pre-release exam was completed in preparation for the release of a subadult Loggerhead[…]

At the end of August 2012, a tiny Green named Timmy arrived at the hospital, found floating and debilitated from Fibropapilloma tumors. After a few[…]

Turtle Hospital received patient number 30 yesterday afternoon! This little one was spotted by turtle rescuer Melinda Smith in Key Largo. After seeing this turtle a[…]

In addition to the 18 turtles currently undergoing rehabilitation, The Turtle Hospital houses 11 “permanent resident” turtles that have been deemed non-releasable. For several different[…]

On December 10, 2012, The Turtle Hospital received a new patient found by Biscayne National Park Rangers Katie and Christina. Along with fibropappiloma tumors, this[…]