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We heard from Richie and our staff that stayed at The Turtle Hospital and they (and the turtles) are all safe. Even though the turtles[…]

Starting afternoon Tuesday 9/5, we will be closed because of Hurricane Irma. After the storm passes, we hope to open. When we will reopen, is[…]

Tour de Turtles is a mock race through the Sea Turtle Conservancy. We release a sea turtle with a GPS tracker and see how far[…]

Join us Friday July 21st on Sombrero Beach at 9:30 am! Join us on Friday July 21st on Sombrero Beach at 10 am for a[…]

Join us on Saturday 2/18 at 9:30 am at Founder’s Park in Islamorada JOIN us for a Public Sea Turtle Release Saturday, February 18th  at[…]

We have had some very special visitors to the hospital recently. In the beginning of January The Turtle Hospital welcomed 15 critically endangered Kemp’s Ridley[…]

Join us Saturday February 4th to release Agape at Sombrero Beach at 9:30 am! Love is in the air…Agape, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle is[…]

  We were honored to welcome former president Jimmy Carter his wife Rosalynn, and about 40 of his family members who were vacationing in the Florida[…]

Only 90 miles of ocean, teeming with marine life lies between the United States and Cuba. An ocean that does not recognize political boundaries. On[…]

Join us this Saturday, December 26th at 12:30 p.m. on Sombrero Beach in Marathon as we release Laurie, a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle back to[…]

Sea turtles know no international boundaries, have no embargo act, and travel without a passport.  For over 200 million years sea turtles have inhabited the[…]

On February 23, 2015 Turtle Hospital Founder, Richie Moretti and Rehabilitator Alastair McArthur took 5 Hawksbill hatchlings and 1 hawksbill post hatchling far off shore for[…]