Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Charleston SC Shipping Entrance Channel Arrival Date: 5/20/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 42.0 kg (88 pounds) Case History Darla was found by the research vessel the Lady Lisa, a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) trawl boat. Every year, SCDNR does an annual series of trawls…
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Here at our Sea Turtle Care Center, a dedicated team spend countless hours rehabilitating sea turtles back to health and safety. Smithsonian Earth’s new, original series, "Sea Turtle Rescue," sheds light on each journey to recovery, from the time the sea turtles are brought into our hospital to the moment…
May
25
Sea turtles are air breathing reptiles found in oceans around the globe, and their populations have been greatly threatened for many years. What is their biggest threat? Some would say it’s loss of habitat for nesting turtles, others would say pollution or the poaching of turtles and their eggs. But…
May
22
Lionfish are becoming a huge issue for the southern coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Native to the Pacific but not to the Atlantic, they are an invasive species: a non-native species that has invaded an area and may have long-term…
May
15
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Sand Island (in Georgetown County, SC) Arrival Date: 5/7/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 29 kg (63.90 pounds) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was found stranded on the beach on Sand Island, a remote island off of our coastline in Georgetown County, by South Carolina…
May
15
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Seabrook Island, SC Arrival Date: 05/3/17 Age: Juvenile Weight: 48 kg (105.8 pounds) Case History Early Wednesday morning, during a nesting survey, Lauryn Gilmer and two other members of the Seabrook Island Turtle Patrol stumbled across a sick and injured loggerhead sea turtle.…
May
15
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Caught by a fisherman in a creek in Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 4/29/17 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.7 kg (5.9 pounds) Case History On Saturday, a juvenile Kemp's ridley was caught on hook-and-line by a fisherman in Beaufort, SC. The fisherman reeled in the turtle…
May
15
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Briarcliff Acres, SC Arrival Date: 4/29/17 Age: Adult Weight: 93.44 kg (206 pounds) Case History Early in the morning, Destiny was found on the beach near the tide. Charlotte Hope from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) responded to the call and…
May
04
Belton Elementary School, located in the quaint upstate town of Belton, SC, held their annual Earth Day celebration on April 21, and invited a couple of us from the South Carolina Aquarium to take part. The kids performed skits, songs and videos about keeping our planet healthy and listened intently to…
May
04
Briar is our trailblazer. Not only was she the first patient to undergo cataract surgery, but she was also the hospital’s first repeat patient. Two years after she was released, Briar arrived at the hospital again with a boat strike. Hospital staff took one glance at the patient’s size and…
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