green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 01/08/2014 Age: juvenile Weight: 7 lbs Case History Cold-stunned sea turtles are a fairly rare occurrence here in South... read more →
Greetings and Happy New Year! We have just reached the end of another busy and exciting year for the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program. With 27 live stranded... read more →
Looking quite fashionable in black neoprene accented with hot pink straps, our lone green sea turtle patient, Eddie, is finally able to swim below the surface of the water without... read more →
Every year in early December, a few Sea Turtle Rescue Program staff and volunteers make the trek down to The Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys for a sea turtle... read more →
I was surprised to learn about the health problem of my favorite patient when I first started my internship with the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program. She is... read more →
"Pluff," a 65-pound loggerhead sea turtle treated by the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program, will be released this Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Folly Beach County Park.... read more →
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey Arrival Date: 09/24/2013 Age: subadult Weight: 34 kg (~79 lb.) Case History Jersey was originally caught on... read more →
Thanks to all who came out to watch Parker, Dennis, Crosby and Skully be returned to the ocean after several months of rehabilitation at the South Carolina Aquarium! For those... read more →
Three sea turtles from the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Rescue Program are ready to return to the sea! One green sea turtle, Crosby, one Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Parker,... read more →
If you are an avid follower of our blog or made a visit to the hospital in late May, you probably remember Briar, a horribly ill loggerhead with a grim... read more →