Posts by Turtle Hospital

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was rescued by personnel at the St. Lucie Power Plant on Hutchinson Island. The turtle was found in an intake[…]

A sub adult Green Sea Turtle was found on the beach at Island Club Beach in St Lucie. There is old damage to the carapce[…]

Lower Matecumbe Key resident Bob Jones was out doing some cold weather fishing in Florida Bay and found a sea turtle that was entangled in[…]

Watch Jim Cantore release Karl on the Florida Keys episode of Cantore Stories on the Weather Channel: Sunday Feb 14th at 10 PM   Jim[…]

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An adult female Loggerhead sea turtle gathered quite a bit of attention on Higgs Beach Sunday. Key West residents Tom Favelli and Gerald Hernandez were[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found floating near the Crystal River Power Plant. The small turtle has a number of fibropapilloma tumors on the[…]

Hugh Stevenson, visiting the Keys and staying at the Outdoor Resort was out kayaking on the north side of Long Key last Sunday. About 20[…]

Boaters spotted a Loggerhead Sea Turtle attached to a trap float and unable to dive. They contacted the Coast Guard who transported Turtle Hospital staff[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found floating in a boat slip at the Port of Palm Beach. It’s left front flipper was missing due[…]

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was rescued by a boater in the channel by St John’s Power Plant. The turtle was entangled in mono filament[…]

Last Tuesday, Dr Doug Mader spent most of the day at the Turtle Hospital performing surgeries on a number of juvenile Green Sea Turtles that[…]