Just weeks after the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) posted on Facebook about the influx of leatherback sea turtles to the Lowcountry, SCDNR and South Carolina Aquarium staff found... read more →
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: North Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 04/16/2018 Age: Juvenile Weight: 32 kg (70.5 pounds) Case History Hagrid has quite the rescue story! He was found... read more →
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel, SC Arrival Date: 03/06/2018 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.2 kg (4.84 pounds) Case History This endangered juvenile Kemp's ridley was found... read more →
Loggerhead Caretta caretta Stranding Location: Hilton Head Island, SC Arrival Date: 01/02/2018 Age: Juvenile Weight: 30.0 kg (65 pounds) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was found stranded near mile marker... read more →
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: South Beach Marina, Sea Pines, Hilton Head Island, SC Stranding Date: 12/9/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.55 kg (5.5 pounds) Case History Anemone was found... read more →
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Eastville, VA Arrival Date: 11/29/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 36.65 kg (81 pounds) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was cold stunned and stranded on 11/18 at... read more →
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: Norfolk, VA Arrival Date: 11/29/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 44.30 kg (97.6 pounds) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was cold stunned and stranded on 11/16 at... read more →
Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) Stranding Location: Virginia Beach VA Arrival Date: 11/29/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 25.20 kg (55.5 pounds) Case History This juvenile loggerhead was cold stunned and stranded at Little... read more →
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Stranding Location: North Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 11/1/2017 Age: Subadult Weight: 56.26 kg (123 pounds) Case History Kathy was found by sanitation workers in the Horry... read more →
Green (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Goat Island, SC Arrival Date: 10/29/2017 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.15 kg (5 pounds) Case History P. Sherman was found floating at the surface of the... read more →