Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: MacKay Creek, Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 4/9/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 30 lbs Case History Pearl was found by a fisherman in... 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 →
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: RV Lady Lisa, SCDNR research vessel outside of Hilton Head Island Arrival Date: 06/20/2013 Age: adult Weight: 97.1 kg (~215 lb.) Case History Miss Royal,... read more →
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 06/20/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 28.0 kg (~ 62 lb.) Case History This young loggerhead was found stuck in the... read more →
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: DeBordieu Beach, SC Arrival Date: 06/20/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 32.0 kg (~71 lb.) Case History Nud was the second of three stranded loggerhead turtles to... read more →
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Skull Inlet, Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 06/18/2013 Age: juvenile Case History Skully was found in Skull Inlet by canoers, one of which belongs to the... read more →
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach Pier, SC Arrival Date: 06/10/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 2.16 kg (~5 lb.) Case History Parker, a tiny, emaciated 5 lb. Kemp's ridley... read more →
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Myrtle Beach State Park, SC Arrival Date: 05/30/2013 Age: juvenile Weight: 5.44 kg (~12 lb.) Case History King, a small 6 lb. Kemp's ridley... read more →