Posts by Turtle Hospital

Join us on Sunday, October 13th at 5:oo pm at Sombrero Beach as we release Xiomy. Xiomy is a loggerhead sea turtle that was rescued[…]

A Florida Keys native, Steve Impallomeni, has spent years enjoying the waters aboard his own boat. Steve has come into contact with many turtles while[…]

Our young Loggerhead ambassador marks one year of hatching out of his nest today! Zippy hatched in Boca Raton, FL and was retrieved for a[…]

After 11 days of being dry-docked, it was time for water for Moses! Due to the severity of the fracture from a boat, the lung had[…]

Thanks to all who joined us this morning for Cupid’s release at Sombrero Beach! Check out our previous post for information of her rehab. Here’s some photos[…]

The Turtle Hospital is excited to announce a public sea turtle release on Saturday, September 28th  at 10:00 AM!  Please join us on Sombrero Beach[…]

‘Moe’ recently perked up and became a very active little turtle after losing some weight! This turtle came in with a 1.1-lb. tumor attached to[…]

You may remember hearing about one of our past loggerhead patients named Cupid who was admitted this past Valentines day after a boat strike injury. […]

This past Saturday the turtle hospital got a call about a small green turtle floating near Islamorada.  The boaters reported the turtle was trying to[…]

On September 11, The Turtle Hospital had a visit from Dr. Troxel, a Florida Keys dentist, who helped repair a cracked turtle shell. ‘Elena’ was[…]

Staff members headed out just after work on Friday in search of some big beds of sea grass to release three juvenile Green turtles! All[…]

Lobster season is in full swing here in the keys and with the increase in buoys and traps comes an increase in turtle entanglements.  In the last week[…]