Sea turtle nesting season 2021 returns to Palm Beach County with “Respect the Locals” campaign to drive awareness for sea turtle conservation.
Sea turtle nesting season 2021 returns to Palm Beach County with “Respect the Locals” campaign to drive awareness for sea turtle conservation.
For 40 years, Loggerhead Marinelife Center has been a leading authority in sea turtle and ocean conservation. Since the beginning, LMC’s rehabilitation team’s been hard at working giving the absolute best care to its patients in hopes of successful recovery and release. An integral part of our care is the proper transport of these…
Sea turtle patient Nemo Juno Beach, Fla. (March 7, 2023) – Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) will be holding its second public sea turtle release of the year on Thursday, March 9. A 212-pound adult male loggerhead sea turtle named Nemo will be released at 10:30 a.m. on the beach located behind the Center. Nemo was…
Left to right: Gordon Gray and wife Patricia; daughter Diane Gray, LMC’s newest board member. “No donor has been more influential in defining and advancing Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s mission than our good friend Gordon Gray,” said Board Member Ray Graziotto December 1, 2022, at the Circle of 100 Celebration. That evening, Graziotto announced the renaming…
Last week, Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Chief Science Officer, Dr. Heather Barron, attended the Veterinary Meeting & Expo (VMX) in Orlando, Fl. VMX is the largest vet conference in the United States gathering a crowd of over 28,000 attendees for a week of world-class education from global industry leaders. Dr. Barron gave several talks, workshops, and…
LMC’s Director of Researcher, Dr. Justin Perrault, discovered an interesting wound on the head of a nesting leatherback sea turtle named Windy. Initially, the team was participating in a larger study documenting injuries on turtles that nest on local beaches monitored by LMC, but this inquiry led them to discover much more. The manuscript recently…
2023 TurtleFest is just around the corner and LMC can’t wait to welcome guests back for the 18th year. This year’s theme: respect the locals- 40 years of sea turtle & ocean conservation. TurtleFest is a free all-day event hosted on Saturday, March 18, (10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) located at Loggerhead Marinelife Center and…
Juno Beach Fla. (December 21, 2023) – Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) received four cold-stunned loggerhead sea turtles from Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, making a total of eight patients at the Center. In a collaborative effort with Turtles Fly Too and the Virginia Aquarium, the turtles were flown privately to Palm Beach County to…
Did you know that Florida’s Coral Reef is the 3rd largest barrier reef system in the world? Florida’s Coral Reef stretches from the Dry Tortugas to the St. Lucie Inlet, spanning the entirety of the Palm Beach County coastline. It is home to over 40 species of coral that provide shelter and habitat for thousands…