Posts by Turtle Hospital

During the boat races currently being held in Key West, Randy Mearns on one of the race official boats, spotted a Loggerhead Sea Turtle floating[…]

Jack is a juvenile Green Sea Turtle that was recently rescued by snorklers aprox 2.25 miles South of Lower Matecumbe Key. The turtle has fibropapilloma[…]

Norman Christensen and his daughter Hadley were boating through Tom’s Harbor Cut, on their way to do some lobstering. They saw a small Green Sea[…]

Johnny, (a sub adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle that was rehabilitated after a vicious machete attack) was given a celebrity send off today. The release was[…]

Johnny is going “home”. After successful rehabilitation from sever lacerations to the head, shell and flippers (caused by being attacked with a machete), this sub adult Loggerhead[…]

  Thriller is a Loggerhead Sea Turtle hatchling that was found on a beach in the Ft. Lauderdale area. This baby turtle is not like[…]

Rescued in May 2008, Sancho was treated for an infection which was causing the sub adult Loggerhead Sea Turtle to float. Turtle Hospital staff performed[…]

Four post hatchling Hawksbill Sea Turtles were release near the Contents Keys. Olivia had been rescued from a bird attach and Alfredo, Evinrude and Schripsy[…]

Snoop Ridley, a sub adult Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, had surgery to remove fibropapilloma tumors from the front flipper. This turtle has had external tumors[…]

August 27, 2008 Two sub adult Loggerhead Sea Turtles were released just North of the Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon. Pearl had been rescued in[…]

Aug 23, 2008 The Turtle Hospital responded to a call from a resident of Ocean Resort on Long Key who reported seeing a number of[…]

Aug 20, 2008 Earlier this week, Marathon was affected by tropical storm Fay. While it did not reach hurricane level there was quite a bit[…]