The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Sea Turtle Hospital News

Who’s Left(y)?

Last week’s column was a Reader’s Digest version of sea turtle activity here on Topsail Island. Now that you’ve got the basics down I’m going to tell you about one hatchling who left the nest and completed the swim, but a short time later ended up in our care.

Fresh out-of-the-egg turtles . . . → Read More: Who’s Left(y)?

Sea Turtle Hospital News

An “egg-cellent” month

Here on Topsail, at least in our world of sea turtles, we refer to August as our cross-over month, when sea turtle activity peaks. Those magnificent and very fertile lady Loggerheads who began laying eggs all over our beaches since the end of May are still at it, and will be . . . → Read More: An “egg-cellent” month

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Spotlight on Ken Baughman

Exactly how did summer intern Ken end up in a sea turtle class at a school in the middle of the country, Principia College in Illinois to be specific? Several years ago Scott and Karen Eckert, long time friends of our hospital and sea turtles everywhere packed up and headed . . . → Read More: Spotlight on Ken Baughman

Sea Turtle Hospital News

Spotlight on Alex Wöhling

We’ve been bi-coastal but this year we’re bi-continent. Alex Wöhling has crossed the big pond to spend the summer at our hospital tending to our critters in their much smaller ponds, their tanks. A native of Germany, Alex attended elementary school in Durham, NC and then returned to Berlin to . . . → Read More: Spotlight on Alex Wöhling