The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Sea Turtle Hospital News

Our many shades of Greens

We’re always looking to maximize our space, to get the most turtle bang per tank. So after the Coast Guard kindly transported several of our larger Loggerheads to warmer waters a few weeks ago we found ourselves with some vacant tanks.

Photo: Forrest weighs in.

We had a . . . → Read More: Our many shades of Greens

In October of 2008 we admitted ten cold-stunned turtles in the course of a couple days. Now we’re pretty good at identifying sea turtle species but this one particular patient had us all questioning our highly honed skills. Her paperwork said “Green,” but looking at her we knew there had to be a more interesting back story. . . . → Read More: It’s not easy being (sort of) Green