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Digital Life Team Creates Animated 3D Models of Sea Turtles From Live Specimens

UMass Amherst, Loggerhead Marinelife Center and others animate 3D sea turtle models AMHERST, Mass. – The Digital Life team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, creators of an online catalog of high-resolution, full-color 3D models of living organisms, announce today that they have released online full-color animated models of both a loggerhead and a green sea turtle…

Your Guide to TurtleFest 2018 Newsletter

CEO Chatter with Jack Lighton Dear Friends of LMC: Extra, Extra – Read All About It! LMC’s 15th Annual TurtleFest returns Saturday, March 24! This fun, FREE, family-oriented event offers something for everyone. This year’s theme is, “Together We Can,” which celebrates LMC’s local and global conservation vision. What is TurtleFest? This day-long event encompasses the entire…

February 2018 Newsletter

CEO CHATTER WITH JACK LIGHTON Dear Friend of LMC: As the short month of February draws to a close, it’s time for us to showcase sea turtle nesting season, which officially kicks off in Palm Beach County this Thursday, March 1! The 9.5-mile stretch of beach that our Center has monitored for over 40 years is…

January 2018 Newsletter

CEO CHATTER WITH JACK LIGHTON Dear Friend of LMC: On behalf of our entire team, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your incredible support of our Center and our mission. 2017 was our most impactful year to date. With your support, LMC welcomed more guests, educated more students, protected more sea turtle…

Hot Chicks and Cool Dudes

How changing temperatures, increased marine debris, and threats to global habitats are requiring a holistic change in how we approach sea turtle conservation Written by Jack E. Lighton President & CEO, the Sea Turtle Hospital at Loggerhead Marinelife Center A recent research study published in Current Biology and shared on National Geographic’s Facebook page, regarding how…

Double sea turtle release off Juno Beach Thursday morning*

Who: Loggerhead Marinelife Center When*: Thursday, Dec. 28 at 11 a.m. Pre-release procedures begin at 10:30 a.m. Where: Loggerhead Marinelife Center (14200 US Highway One, Juno Beach) What: LMC will release sea turtles Brother Kenny and Brieanna from its facility off Juno Beach. Brother Kenny and Brieanna are both sub-adult loggerheads that were found near Hutchinson…

Four Wishes for the Ocean this Holiday SEAson

We wish for trash-free seas Some scientists estimate that more plastic than plant or animal matter will fill our oceans by 2050. Plastic never biodegrades; it only breaks up into smaller pieces. This threatens the lives of sea turtles, marine mammals, fish and other animals that call the ocean home. LMC’s conservation team and Blue…

December 2017 Newsletter

CEO CHATTER WITH JACK LIGHTON Dear Friends of LMC: On behalf of our entire team of staff, volunteers, supporters and of course our sea turtle patients, I am excited to wish everyone a happy holiday season. It is hard to believe we have made our way to the final weeks of 2017,…

Science, Sips & Sea Turtles event celebrates Dr. Manire’s groundbreaking book

Over 100 Palm Beach County scientists, community members and other notables gathered at Loggerhead Marinelife Center for an evening celebrating Dr. Charles Manire’s recently published book, Sea Turtle Health and Rehabilitation. The book is a breakthrough in field of sea turtle rehabilitation, and for the Center’s recognition as a leading authority in sea turtle rehabilitation,…

Science, Sips & Sea Turtles event celebrates Dr. Manire’s groundbreaking book

Over 100 Palm Beach County scientists, community members and other notables gathered at Loggerhead Marinelife Center for an evening celebrating Dr. Charles Manire’s recently published book, Sea Turtle Health and Rehabilitation. The book is a breakthrough in field of sea turtle rehabilitation, and for the Center’s recognition as a leading authority in sea turtle rehabilitation,…