Posts in Releases

A crowd of about 100 people gathered at Anne’s Beach in Islamorada on Saturday, June 18, to celebrate the release of Charley II, a loggerhead[…]

                          Barney was released on Friday, June 10, at Florida Bay Outfitters and the Caribbean Club, MM 104, in Key Largo.  Barney’s rescuer, Towboat US[…]

Lola and Number 3 came to us on March 13, 2011, from Brevard County, where they had a rash of little lethargic green sea turtles and ran[…]

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

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[…]

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

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[…]

  Sharon-Tilly, a sub adult Loggerhead, was released Thursday March 25th from Bahia Honda State Park! Sharon-Tilly was rescued by Doug and Sharon Largent, found[…]

The Turtle Hospital in Marathon would like to invite residents and guests to the Keys to participate in the release of “Sharon”, a Loggerhead sea[…]

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[…]

Duke, a sub adult Loggerhead sea Turtle was released on December 7 after undergoing rehabilitation since March. He was found floating and  treated for a[…]