Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.
In a new study, biology researchers from the College of Sciences’ UCF Marine Turtle Research Group studied the dispersal ...
Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous, feeding on sea grasses and algae. Juvenile green turtles, however, will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges.
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital team took in 22 cold-stunned juvenile green turtles that they're currently nursing back to good health. Green sea turtles ...
Twenty cold-stunned green sea turtles, found on Florida's East Coast after the recent cold snap, are being cared for at Mote Marine ...
As Atlantic temperatures drop into the 50s, hundreds of green sea turtles are being rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s East Coast. Last week alone, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea ...
Juvenile green turtles are smaller and have more vibrant shell patterns, which fade as they mature. Unlike some other sea turtles, adult green turtles have a single pair of prefrontal scales on ...
“Recently we received a report of a juvenile green sea turtle that had washed ashore,” she said via email. “Unfortunately, before officials arrived, the turtle was returned to the wate ...
A female juvenile green sea turtle, rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, was released from a Keys beach ...
In a Thursday afternoon update, Gulf Coast Turtle Watch said a visitor found two more juvenile green turtles while walking the shore. They were located floating to shore near the Park West area of ...
The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to help 20 cold sea turtles.