Posts by Turtle Hospital

On the morning of July 13th one of our beautiful sub-adult loggerheads was released back into the wild at Bahia Honda State Park.  About a hundred people[…]

On July 3rd our turtles once again posed for the cameras when a German documentary team came to film at the hospital! The crew is[…]

The Hospital’s newest patients can fit right in the palm of your hand! They are three Loggerhead hatchlings found in the Marquesas Keys, an island[…]

A juvenile Green nicknamed Mallory was rescued in April 2012 off of Mallory Square in Key West with Fibropapilloma tumors. After over a year of rehabilitation, which[…]

The Turtle Hospital is excited to announce a public sea turtle release on Saturday, July 13th at 10:30 AM.  Please join us on the north[…]

Please join us on Wednesday, July 10th from 5:30 pm to sunset for an after hours party here at the Turtle Hospital (MM 48.5).  The[…]

The Turtle Hospital was once again part of the 4th of July parade this year bringing back the very popular turtle rescue reenactment.  The staff[…]

The last week in June proved to be a busy one for all of the staff here at the hospital.  Yet again we admitted three[…]

On the 26th of June we received a call from FWC that they had caught a juvenile loggerhead with a large hook in it’s mouth that needed[…]

A busy morning on Saturday all began with a call from Captain Don from Key West Tarpon Guides who found a Green sea turtle with[…]

It was a beautiful day for a release on June 15th in Islamorada! A sub-adult Loggerhead named Hilary was released behind Mile Marker 88 Restaurant[…]

It was a very unusual morning for Brenda Symonds who awoke Tuesday morning to find a Loggerhead sea turtle at her doorstep! It was an[…]