Posts in Current Patients Blog

A busy morning on Saturday all began with a call from Captain Don from Key West Tarpon Guides who found a Green sea turtle with[…]

The weekend ended with two new turtles added to our current patients list with juvenile Green sea turtles rescued on Saturday and Sunday. The first[…]

Staff at Robbie’s Marina in Islamorada were getting the day going like any other when a small turtle was seen among all of the tarpon[…]

At the beginning of April, a subadult Loggerhead named Hilary was rescued at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo.  She was found floating[…]

Weighing in at a whopping 150 grams is our newest patient, ‘Crush’! This cute little guy was washed ashore and found floating in a bed[…]

Just as staff was beginning to lock up for the day on Mother’s Day we received another call for a turtle in need. FWC alerted[…]

Staff awoke to the sound of the rescue phone ringing early on Saturday morning, with Ryan Erickson on the other end asking for help with[…]

This week has been an extremely busy one for us here at the hospital.  We received rescues everyday for four days in a row! The[…]

On Cinco de Mayo there was a great team effort put forward by many in order to give help to a Loggerhead turtle that was[…]

The Turtle Hospital received two new Green sea turtles in the evening of April 25, 2013 after being transferred from Volusia Marine Science Center in[…]

A beautiful juvenile green turtle, nicknamed ‘Daisy’, was rescued in early September of 2012. The turtle was found floating, lethargic, and having small tremors. Her[…]

A turtle nicknamed ‘Senor Fab’ was rescued in early March by a group of students from University of Florida. On their spring break through the[…]