A news release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) landed in our inbox, explaining what to do if you see a sick turtle. While it can be confusing to discern what to do ...
This week, various sea turtle hospitals in Florida have been flooded with sick sea turtles washing ashore. In St. Augustine Beach, in a 24-hour time span, four sea turtles were reported on the beach, ...
MARINELAND, Florida — A local sea turtle hospital says it's inundated with sick turtles. The University of Florida Whitney Sea Turtle Hospital in Marineland is trying to find any available place ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — More than a dozen sick sea turtles have been rescued in recent days and are receiving treatment at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at the Brevard Zoo. They were found stranded ...
A very sick green sea turtle has been found in a clump of seaweed on a beach, while vomiting a strange pink-colored liquid. The turtle was spotted by resident Jenn Symonds, on Middleton Beach in ...
PARTICLES FROM A YOUNG SEA TURTLE’S SHELL. THE SICK TURTLES CANNOT CLEAN THEIR SHELVES AND GET A BUILDUP OF ALGAE, PARTICLES, SHRIMP AND LEECHES. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM COMING INTO THE ...
Did you hear the one about the sea turtle that checked herself into the hospital? It's no joke. It really happened at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida! The Turtle Hospital is dedicated to ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Mississippi Aquarium plans to release seven endangered sea turtles this week, but other institutions in New Orleans and Mississippi are still treating turtles rescued in the ...
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking members of the public to report freshwater turtles that appear sick, act strangely, or are dead, as ...
Dozens of people across 21 states have recently been sickened by Salmonella bacteria tied to small turtles, the CDC reports. Reading time 2 minutes Pet turtles are making Americans across the country ...