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Join us this Saturday, December 24th at 9:30 am as we release Casper! Casper, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle is going home for the holidays! […]

150 sea turtle biologists and veterinarians from around the world gathered in Marathon, Florida Keys last weekend to participate in the Turtle Hospital’s Annual Sea[…]

Join us on Saturday November 19th at 10 am at Sombrero Beach as we release Mike!     Mike, a 105 pound loggerhead sea turtle[…]

Here at the Turtle Hospital we love releases! It is so exciting to be able to return these turtles to the ocean after working so[…]

Recently we had 3 sub-adult loggerheads come to us who are suffering from an impaction. Impactions occur when turtles eat something their bodies are unable[…]

Bailey, an adult Hawksbill, is the newest patient at the Turtle Hospital.  Bailey was rescued by the Horizon Dive Center based in Key Largo.  The[…]

Join us Saturday, October 22nd at 10:00 am at Sombrero Beach in Marathon to release Fiona!   Fiona, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, will be returned[…]

Wednesday brought us our newest patient, Lannie May. Found floating in a canal in Marathon, Lannie May had a fish hook stuck in her neck[…]

Dr. Doug Mader stopped by the hospital today to examine Kala’s healing progress since having her right front flipper amputated approximately a month ago.  Rehab[…]

This week brought us 2 new turtles: Toby and Mike. Toby was rescued Thursday from Islamorada. He gets his name from the rescuer’s dog. Toby[…]

Today was a surgery day. Typically we do surgery 1-2 times a week; depending on the turtles that we currently have. We’ll do multiple surgeries[…]

Sea turtle rehab is a funny thing. Sometimes, we get lots of turtles. Then at other times, it slows down. For example: Sunday August 21st[…]