Posts in Past Patients Blog

This past Tuesday (Feb. 22nd) two of our Green sea turtles got to go back to their ocean home!  Both Luna & Melissa were brought[…]

On Thursday February 17th, a large floating Loggerhead sea turtle was reported to FWC by multiple people while boating on the Oceanside of Islamorada. The[…]

Holly and Larry were enjoying a day fishing off of Marathon when a sea turtle in distress caught their attention. They were able to contact[…]

      Crusher, admitted in November, is a juvenile Green who was suffering from a minor impaction. The blockage was preventing gasses from passing[…]

One year after Tammy the turtle was treated for Fibropapilloma at The Turtle Hospital, she was released. Each patient with the virus Fibropapilloma remains at[…]

Sparky a large 218-lb male Loggerhead sea turtle was rescued by good Samaritans in Key Largo on December 18th.  Sparky suffers from a recent propeller wound to[…]

Thanks to The Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center in Stuart Florida, Illiana has a new home. Rescued in 2008, the sub adult Loggerhead had suffered a[…]

  The Turtle Hospital has recently admitted three new green sea turtles with Fibropapilloma. Dawn, Pabst and Coop. Endoscope showed that none of these patients[…]

The Turtle Hospital has released the last hatchling of nesting season. Smithers, a hatchling Hawksbill was discovered near shore by Smathers Beach most likely disoriented[…]

Oscar, a Green sea turtle, was found off of Boca Chica near Key West by a diver in early October.  The diver noticed something was[…]

Last year Turtle Hospital staff rescued an adult female Loggerhead from The Dry Tortugas. This turtle had a satellite transmitter on her carapace (shell) and[…]

National Geographic recently visited The Turtle Hospital to film one of our sea turtles for their new 3D channel launching early next year. One of[…]