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Stevie & Melissa

Charter Boat Captain Steve of The Galloping Ghost in Key West is a true Sea Turtle Rescuer! On Saturday, November 21st Steve was out flats[…]

Lucky

Meet Lucky. On August 29th Big Pine Key resident Elizabeth noticed a sea turtle floating in the bay behind her home. Sadly, this summer Elizabeth[…]

Scooter

Evan Jackson, a dive boat captain with Atlantis Dive Center phoned the Turtle Hospital early this morning to report a small sea turtle floating in[…]

TC

Last Sunday, we received a call regarding a turtle floating in a canal in Key Largo. The turtle was spotted promptly upon arrival; however catching[…]

Monay Released

Last Wednesday, Monay the Loggerhead was sent home from the beach at Bahia Honda State Park, close to where she was rescued last December.  She[…]

Surgery Day

Six turtles underwent surgery yesterday at The Turtle Hospital. The raucous menagerie included four juvenile Green sea turtles, an adult Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle, and[…]

Surgery Double Team

Doctor Gerry Diethelm and Intern Jaclyn Thomas donated their time off from the Marathon Veterinary Hospital to perform surgery at The Turtle Hospital. Rosie, a[…]

Monarch

The last two weeks have been very tough for sea turtles in the Keys. The Turtle Hospital in Marathon has admitted 19 turtles in this[…]

Dre

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found on shore near Cape Canaveral. The small turtle has a number of external fibropapilloma tumors and is very[…]

Angie

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found near Plantation Key Colony in Tavernier. The small turtle had been hit by a boat prop which caused[…]

Heidi

An employee at the La Siesta Resort on Upper Matecumbe Key found a floating Loggerhead less than a mile offshore. With some difficulty, Heidi (the[…]

Fin

A juvenile Green Sea Turtle was found washed up on the beach just south of Sebastion inlet. The small turtle had a prop wound to[…]

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