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A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.
Now in present day, the aquarium says her shell is about the size of a boogie board, or about 3 feet long and more than 2.5 feet wide. The sea turtle’s progress is an incredible success story ...
MERR has responded to at least 11 deceased sea turtles in Delaware this year, which were almost all loggerheads.
Earlier this month, scientists at Birch Aquarium and UC San Diego accomplished what they believe is a first: using a 3-D printer to fill a gap in a loggerhead sea turtle's shell.
A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay on June 21 is believed to have died from a boat propeller ...
A rare sea turtle was found dead after it washed ashore on an Oregon beach with a whole ecosystem traveling with the reptile. The 75-pound loggerhead was discovered Saturday morning on th… ...
The Turtle Hospital says it's unusual for a small transmitter to remain on a sea turtle for so long and to keep working, but is likely due to his slow shell growth. "We do not know much about the ...
According to Texas Parks & Wildlife, adult loggerhead turtles can weigh 170 to 500 pounds and have a shell up to 45 inches in length. If you find an injured, stranded, or nesting sea turtle, call ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Sea Turtles, Sue and Turtellini, finally made it back home into the ocean after months of rehabilitation. In a recent article, CBS News shared that the Loggerhead ...
The county’s annual green turtle nesting record has been surpassed by a few hundred nests, while the loggerhead record was shattered by more than 1,500 nests. See also: Port St. Lucie police fry ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise ...