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On May 26, 2011, Captain Spider held his weekly Casting Contest with proceeds going to The Turtle Hospital.  Hospital Staff joined in the fun, with[…]

Lola and Number 3 came to us on March 13, 2011, from Brevard County, where they had a rash of little lethargic green sea turtles and ran[…]

  Every year the Turtle Hospital welcomes many school groups to its facility for our exciting Educational Experiences!  Though any school and age group are[…]

The Turtle Hospital would like to thank Underseas Inc. for donating half of the cost of our new underwater Hookah diving system.  The hookah will allow staff[…]

Kruck a 46 pound Green sea turtle was rescued on April 22nd!  Kruck was found floating and unable to dive under the water south of[…]

We would like to send a very special thank-you out to Hannah Weinert, her SYA Cheerleading, and the rest of the Weinert Family for donating[…]

Addis, a 3.5 pound Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, was rescued on April 20th here in Marathon by the McQuiston family visiting from Churchville Pennsylvania.  Addis was found with[…]

  On a beautiful afternoon in the Florida Keys Rich Dorn of Marathon decided to go boating.  While he stopped his boat to put on[…]

Two of our Green sea turtle patients, L+L and Starfish, recently went through surgery here at the Turtle Hospital.  The surgery was to remove Fibropapilloma[…]

Barney, a 120 pound Loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued on March 13th up towards Keys Largo where he was found floating. When Barney first arrived[…]

Meet Debi!  Debi is a 145 pound Loggerhead sea turtle that was brought to the Turtle Hospital on March 7th.  Debi was found by the[…]

These two adorable yearling (est.) green sea turtles were brought to the Turtle Hospital from Brevard County located on the mainland of Florida. Lola only weighs[…]