Posts by Turtle Hospital

Cuda (March 10, 2008) A juvenile Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle was found by fishermen in the Tavernier Creek Marina area. The small (8.7 pound) turtle[…]

Koalani (March 8, 2008) An adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle was found by US Coast Guard personnel, floating in the Key West Coast Guard Station boat[…]

(click above to visit the store) The Turtle Hospital is happy to announce the grand opening of our online store! You can order a famous[…]

Hale (March 3, 2008) A juvenile Green Sea turtle was found in the Key West area with a front flipper entangled in trap line. There[…]

Stella (Feb 24, 2008) An adult female Loggerhead Sea Turtle was rescued by fishermen off of Gieger Key. The 226 pound turtle was floating and[…]

Agnes (Feb 24, 2008) Good Samaritan fisher folks reported a turtle in trouble in the Intercoastal waterway off of Islamorada. The sub adult Green Sea[…]

Illiana (Feb 21, 2008) This juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtle was rescued by fishermen off of No Name Key. The turtle was floating and has old[…]

Gypsy II (Feb 17, 2008) A sub adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle was found floating and rescued  by fishermen off of Key West. It was brought[…]

We have recently admitted several Hawksbill Post Hatchlings: Tuck (Feb 17, 2008) A post hatching Hawksbill Sea Turtle was picked up at Ocean Reef Club[…]

February 17, 2008 PICO, a juvenile Green Sea Turtle was rescued in December 2006, when found floating and having multiple fibropapilloma tumors. Doctor Doug Mader[…]

Brandy, an adult female Green Sea Turtle was rescued in July 2007. Reported to the FWC by Good Samaritan fishermen, she was anchored by two[…]

Mare TV, a popular German television program and educational magazine, recently spent a day at The Turtle Hospital learning about sea turtles in the Florida[…]