Rescue Archives - Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Rescue Team Helps Dolphin Out of Creek in Clearwater

Posted January 20, 2023

This week, Clearwater Marine Aquarium was proud to work with our partners at NOAA-NMFS and FWC to successfully encourage a lone dolphin from a residential creek in Clearwater, Florida, to open waters.

CMA Rescue Team Helps Rescue Entangled Dolphin Calf

Posted July 28, 2022

Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s Rescue Team responded to a distressed dolphin calf on Clearwater Beach near Pier 60 on July 20, 2022.

Orphaned Manatee Calf Rescued Near Shrimp Farm in Belize

Updated August 4, 2022 Posted July 22, 2022

On July 20, 2022, the CMA Research Institute Marine Mammal Rescue Team in Belize received a report of an orphaned baby manatee near a shrimp farm.

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Wilson

Updated March 9, 2022 Posted February 11, 2022

Wilson is a juvenile green sea turtle who was washed ashore at Caladesi Island on January 30, 2022.

Dolphin Calf Successfully Disentangled!

Posted January 22, 2022

On Tuesday, January 20, the CMA Rescue Team assisted with the disentanglement of a bottlenose dolphin calf after monitoring it’s status since early Dec.

CMA Rescue Team Helps Disentangle a Dolphin Calf

Posted March 3, 2021

On Friday, February 26th, the CMA Rescue Team assisted with the disentanglement of a bottlenose dolphin calf in New Smyrna Beach.

Manatee Appreciation From Our Conservation Program in Belize

Updated June 18, 2020 Posted March 25, 2020

For Manatee Appreciation Day, we asked Jamal Galves, the Manatee Conservation Program Coordinator in Belize, what he thinks about these amazing marine mammals and how […]

Rescuing Rudolph — A Rough-Toothed Dolphin Rehabilitating at Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Updated February 21, 2020 Posted December 20, 2019

Rescued dolphin, nicknamed Rudolph, receiving medical care at Clearwater Marine Aquarium facility One of an estimated 600 of its species in the Gulf of […]

Stranded Manatee Rescued and Released With Help From a Bulldozer in Georgia

Posted October 30, 2019

Large Manatee Stuck on a Sandy Berm in Savannah On October 1, 2019, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) and Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research […]

Baby Manatee Rescued in Belize

Posted October 2, 2019

Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s Rescue Team in Belize responded to a call about a baby manatee stranded off a river bank on September 28, 2019. The stranded baby manatee is now being safely monitored at a wildlife rehabilitation center in northern Belize after being rescued.