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Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Valkyrie

Updated November 1, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018

Triage Valkyrie’s Story Valkyrie is a juvenile Kemp’s ridley that was found floating offshore of St. Pete Beach on September 26, 2018. After x-rays […]

How Dolphins Play With and Carry Objects in the Wild

Updated November 18, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018

Wild Dolphin Updates Calves Play With “Toys” in the Wild Through monitoring efforts in Clearwater Bay, we often have the opportunity to observe dolphins […]

Ruffles the Rescued Seahorse

Updated October 16, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018

Seahorse Found Washed up on Beach by Tourists Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) rescued a female lined seahorse, named Ruffles, after she was found washed […]

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Ninja

Updated November 28, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018

Triage Ninja’s Story Ninja is a juvenile green sea turtle who was rescued near the first bridge on the Fred Howard Causeway on August […]

Rare Spotted Dolphin Seen Swimming With Group of Bottlenose Dolphins

Updated October 26, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018

Wild Dolphin Updates Our research team has continued to see a lot of dolphin activity in our area with many of the local animals […]

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Miss Pam

Updated October 31, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018

Triage Miss Pam’s Story Miss Pam is a juvenile green sea turtle who was found floating by Seafood Shack Marine in Manatee County. She […]

Sea Turtle Hospital Patient – Kobia

Updated October 31, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018

Triage Kobia’s Story Kobia is a juvenile green sea turtle who was found near the Kingfish boat ramp by marker 57 in Manatee County, […]

Baby Sea Turtles Rescued From Swimming Pool

Updated July 9, 2019 Posted September 13, 2018

Meet the Pool Boys Clearwater Marine Aquarium is currently rehabilitating several baby loggerhead sea turtles. A number of these hatchlings, nicknamed “The Pool Boys,” […]

Three Juvenile Green Sea Turtles Released

Updated September 14, 2018 Posted September 6, 2018

Yarra, Swiss and Kerplunk Go Back to the Big Blue Three juvenile green sea turtles were released off Honeymoon Island State Park on September […]

Two Critically Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles, Donkey Kong and Mario Kart, Released

Posted August 14, 2018

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) rescued, rehabilitated and released two Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. They are the rarest and most critically endangered species of sea turtles. Donkey Kong and Mario Kart are both juvenile sea turtles and were released on Thurs., Aug. 9 at Honeymoon Island State Park.