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At the Aquarium

Mar 02

Sweetgrass

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Coffin Point, St. Helena, SC Arrival Date: 2/24/20 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.7 lb. (2.6 kg) Case History This juvenile green sea turtle was found in the evening at low tide in shallow, muddy water off a residential dock at a creek... read more →
    Mar 02

    Valentine

    Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel, Charleston, SC Arrival Date: 2/14/20 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.7 lbs (2.61 kg) Case History During the early morning hours of Valentine's Day, Valentine (Val for short) was sucked up in the hopper dredge that is currently dredging... read more →
      Jan 29

      Cannon

      Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel, Charleston, SC Arrival Date: 1/17/20 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.8 lbs (2.67 kg) Case History Cannon was pulled up in the hopper dredge that is currently dredging the Charleston Harbor shipping channel. According to the observers on board,... read more →
        Jan 29

        Harbor View

        Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Sullivan's Island, SC Arrival Date: 1/19/20 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.98 lbs (2.72 kg) Case History Shawn Leighton found Harbor View at the Station 17 path on Sullivan’s Island. He noticed some lacerations to Harbor’s carapace (top shell) and called the South... read more →
          Jan 06

          Kiara

          Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel, SC Arrival Date: 12/29/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.77 kgs (6.1 pounds) Case History This juvenile green sea turtle was discovered after going through a hopper dredge that was operating in the Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel. When the observer... read more →
            Dec 10

            Microplastics & Mega Problems: Pollution Solutions in the Lowcountry

            On November 21, guests flooded into the South Carolina Aquarium’s Great Hall with one thing on their mind: plastic. The third Holland Lifelong Learning lecture of the season featured not one, but two plastic experts, Dr. John Weinstein, chair of biology at the Citadel, and Lia Colabello, principal of Plastic Pollution... read more →
              Nov 19

              Ma

              Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Coffin Point Beach, Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 11/13/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.9 pounds Case History Ma was found washed up on the beach by a passerby on the first day of South Carolina's annual cold snap. Winds were high as the... read more →
                Nov 19

                Michael Myers

                Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 10/31/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 4.73 pounds Case History On October 31, 2019, Michael Myers was found on Halloween morning stranded on the shore near Garden City Pier. He was found by a beachgoer named Candy Colonna,... read more →
                  Oct 11

                  The Other TSA: Keeping Turtle Species Safe

                  It's that time of year — time to plunge into another season of Holland Lifelong Learning. This six-part adult lecture series, now in its fifth year, strives to connect adults with scientists in a comfortable and casual setting. What was on tap for this year’s opener? Pawley’s Island Brewing’s... read more →
                    Oct 05

                    Meet You at the Trading Post!

                    Visit the Trading Post to trade in your finds, earn points and leave with cool natural artifacts! Learn about the natural environment when you bring in artifacts. Our education interpreters will answer questions about your finds, and you’ll accumulate points to trade for other cool natural artifacts. (Psst… if... read more →
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