Posts by Turtle Hospital

  A nice crowd of people gathered at Bahia Honda State Park on Sunday, March 18th, joining The Turtle Hospital as they gave Sport, a[…]

  Come to Bahia Honda State Park (NorthBeach) this Sunday, March 18, 2012 to see Sport’s release at 10:00 a.m.  Sport, a sub-adult loggerhead was[…]

  On Sunday, March 11, The Turtle Hospital released Taia, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, at Sombrero Beach. Taia was treated for a bacterial infection[…]

  Public Release Sunday, March 11,  at Noon Join The Turtle Hospital on Sunday, March 11, at Sombrero Beach (west end) for Taia’s release at[…]

  On March 1, The Turtle Hospital  released yet another rehabilitated sea turtle back into the wild. Rusty, a 43lb green sea turtle, arrived at[…]

A very happy day finally arrived for the Turtle Hospital and a sub-adult loggerhead who had  almost a three month stay with us! This loggerhead named Jersey was entangled[…]

Lobster trap entanglements are a common occurrence here in the Florida Keys. Sport is a sub-adult loggerhead who is yet another turtle to become entangled.[…]

On January 18 our hospital received an 18 lb juvenile green sea turtle from Pinellas County. This little green was found in the muddy shallows near[…]

On January 10th our hospital received its first patient for the year. A phone call came through early afternoon about a report of a large, possibly[…]

Our newest patient here at the hospital is Taia.  Taia is a subadult loggerhead who was rescued near the seven mile bridge here in Marathon.[…]

Dawn dives off the side of a boat back into the ocean. Dawn was finally able to be released after being here at the hospital[…]

Emily and Ben Graue, and Christina Stong along with her 3 year old son Kevin, were on vacation in the keys recently and got the thrill[…]