Staff and volunteers say they are working diligently to access every turtle to help get them to warmer waters and warm them up by three to five degrees each day to prevent shock.
Turtles can lose their ability to swim in cold temperatures and may be seen “floating listlessly in the water or near shore,” according to the FWC. “Keep in mind that cold-stunned turtles can appear ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After more than a week under the care of the Gulf Center for Sea ... The Houston Zoo says 53 sea turtles were rescued from the coast over the last week and treated by ...
N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island, and Coast Guardsmen from Station Hatteras Inlet recently teamed up to release a total of 25 ...
Sea turtle nests increased this year along a stretch of Florida's Gulf Coast before a trio of hurricanes washed many of them away, aquarium officials said Friday. There were 271 nests documented ...
"Green sea turtles are vegetarians," Marshall said. "They like to eat seagrass and all our seagrasses are in the back bays." Other areas along the Texas Gulf Coast, including South Padre Island ...