tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60787871187269872892024-03-17T03:54:24.092-04:00Marine Animal Rescue Team BlogNEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-20900864878345683102016-06-23T11:11:00.002-04:002016-06-23T11:11:47.386-04:009 Rescued Sea Turtles Released in Maryland
After another sea turtle trek from the Animal Care Center in Quincy, Mass., the rescue team released a few more sea turtles from last year's stranding season. All together, four loggerhead sea turtles and five Kemp's ridley sea turtles scrapped their way down the beach on Assateague Island in Maryland and finally swam home in the Atlantic Ocean.
We are grateful to the Assateague Island NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-65055445301720263232016-04-06T16:54:00.001-04:002016-04-06T16:54:42.633-04:002015 Turtles: Video from Turtle Trek ReleaseWe shared some heartwarming still pictures of the sea turtle release in Florida earlier this week. See those pictures here and here. And here's one last look at the peaceful moment when these endangered animals swam off into the sunrise.
This is what it's all about.
Thank you to all the volunteers and hard-working staff on the Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Team, and thanks to all our NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-8922182378607027722016-04-04T15:00:00.000-04:002016-04-04T15:27:16.727-04:002015 Turtles: Turtle trek to Florida (Part 2)See Part 1 of this turtle trek, preparations for an epic road trip!
While Bostonians were shrugging snow off their shoulders on Monday, the turtle rescue team was curling their toes in Florida sands as their flippered patients shambled toward the ocean. Today marked a milestone in the second largest turtle rescue season on record at the New England Aquarium. With the exception of a few of the NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-25834603971134913572016-04-03T11:59:00.000-04:002016-04-04T15:28:01.050-04:002015 Turtles: Turtle Trek (Part 1)On Saturday, members of the Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Team awoke early and prepared more than a dozen turtles for an epic road trip down the East Coast from Quincy, MA, to warmer waters down south. These sea turtles were among the very last patients from our second busiest turtle rescue season. And they were on their way home.
Here are a couple scenes from that early morning send-off.
NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-31558199474609655912016-01-05T15:41:00.001-05:002016-01-05T15:41:40.331-05:002015 Turtles: With the Loggerheads Come New RecordsNine more turtles are on their way to the Animal Care Center today—including eight of the larger loggerheads. The season continues to break records with latest live admissions of Kemp's ridley and loggerhead turtles. Not only is the timing of this season unusual, this is our second-largest stranding season ever.
In a normal sea turtle stranding season, the last surviving animal washes up during NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-19196252209362787572016-01-02T09:31:00.000-05:002016-01-05T14:58:18.833-05:002015 Turtles: Tools of the Trade
To date, nearly 300 sea turtles that have washed up on the beaches of Cape Cod Bay have been admitted to the Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital since early November, making it our second-largest stranding season ever.
On top of planning transports, doing laundry and arranging for volunteers, stranding season is a blur of sea turtle exams. For such an important part of every day, turtle NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-66710882162838448472015-12-30T13:40:00.000-05:002015-12-30T14:26:13.331-05:002015 Turtles: 50 Turtles Head SouthThis post is adapted from a media release that appeared on the News Blog. To date, 287 sea turtles that have washed up on the beaches of Cape Cod Bay have been admitted to the Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital since early November. Today, 50 turtles were transported south.
A Kemp's ridley sea turtle in treatment at the Aquarium's Animal Care Center in Quincy
Yesterday, our first wintery NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-59098365673471193012015-12-28T13:22:00.000-05:002015-12-28T13:22:14.371-05:002015 Turtles: In the NewsOur rescuers are working hard to keep up with turtle exams, transports, feedings and more. This is now our second largest stranding season, with well over 200 turtles brought to our Animal Care Center in Quincy. We'll share news and tidbits when we can. Stay tuned.
With the unseasonably warm weather we had been getting so far this year, CBS Evening News followed up on the unusual sea NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-58362728653364023642015-12-26T08:51:00.000-05:002015-12-26T08:51:10.664-05:002015 Turtles: A very unusual patientOur rescuers are working hard to keep up with turtle exams, transports, feedings and more. This is already our third largest stranding season! But we'll share news and tidbits when we can. Stay tuned.
A vast majority of the turtles that we treat at the Aquarium's rescue facility are juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles. They are about the size of a dinner plate, easily held by volunteers during NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-13519982672956503542015-12-21T17:33:00.001-05:002015-12-21T17:33:34.959-05:002015 Turtles: Sick turtles bring seaweedThe cold-stunned sea turtles are arriving in great numbers these days. Our rescuers are working to keep up with turtle exams, transports, feedings and more. But we'll share news and tidbits here. Stay tuned!
Most of the cold-stunned sea turtles that arrive at our facility for rehabilitation have been floating out in Cape Cod Bay for a while. Since they've been moving so slowly, seaweed and algaeNEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-21798365115224560142015-12-15T13:20:00.001-05:002015-12-16T11:16:50.087-05:002015 Turtles: Rescue season is now!After an unprecedented rescue season last winter, the sea turtle stranding season is off to an unusual start this year. More than 100 have arrived at our turtle hospital in Quincy so far. That's enough to make it an average year (last year aside). But the season is still going and the temperature shows no sign of dropping.
A Kemp's ridley turtle recovers in a tank
Stay tuned as we start NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-61336526489826651462015-09-10T16:17:00.000-04:002015-09-14T09:44:47.765-04:00Cape Cod sea turtle release: An intern perspective.
One of our summer interns, Ava, is guest blogging about her experience at the last turtle release. If you are interested in becoming an intern for the New England Aquarium, please visit our Get Involved page. Keep reading for Ava's experience!
Visitors to the Aquarium on Central Wharf can dig into the turtle rescue experience at our Sea Turtle Hospital, compete with replica sea turtles Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-811142283862423652015-09-07T15:18:00.000-04:002015-09-08T11:18:06.472-04:00Preparation for 2015 turtle season is going strong!
As staff are busy preparing and planning for another turtle
stranding season, guest blogger Sarah will let you in on some of the building
and office work that are underway.
We may no longer have any turtles from the 2014 stranding
season still in house, but this is no time of year to relax. As much as none of
us want to admit it, it is beginning to cool off outside (maybe not during the
day, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-82701093225316111852015-05-17T10:27:00.000-04:002015-05-17T10:27:25.557-04:002014 Turtles: The Glorious FinaleWe made it to Georgia with our precious cargo, and as many as 400 or 500 people were lining the beach to watch these endangered sea turtles return to the ocean. Not surprisingly, there was great excitement and energy on the beach—a sunny culmination to all those months of rehabilitation during the cold and snowy winter in New England.
Parading the turtles so visitors can get a close-up look atNEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-50706384316320010742015-05-17T09:57:00.000-04:002015-05-17T11:06:14.731-04:002014 Turtles: The Trek BeginsAfter an epic sea turtle stranding season, most of our last few patients are ready to go home. The team packed up 24 turtles on Friday and drove them in style all the way to the warm beaches of Jekyll Island in Georgia. Here are a couple shots of the rescuers removing turtles from the pools at our Animal Care Center in Quincy on Friday.
Ready to go back to the ocean
Each turtle is given a NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-49765449636478788922015-05-16T15:16:00.001-04:002015-05-16T15:16:38.049-04:002014 Turtles: To be Released this WeekendIn the next few days we will be releasing 24 turtles off the coast of Georgia this weekend.
Meet some of the lucky ones.
Great Horned Owl:
Above photos: These were taken about two weeks after the turtle was admitted. You can see the dead skin on the the head and flippers.
Above: Most of the skin has healed. Still a small granulated bit on the turtles rostrum. But, this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-29926378998463597372015-05-07T15:42:00.000-04:002015-05-07T15:42:38.040-04:002014 Turtles: Six Months Later...As the Rescue department gears up for bringing turtles south for release. I thought it would be interesting to show you some photos from the record smashing event and compare them to what it looks like in the hospital area today.
Above, our hallways lined with banana boxes of turtles. The picture on the left shows when the animals are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-26702690520638321232015-05-06T11:17:00.000-04:002015-05-06T11:22:40.791-04:00Going bananas: Transporting turtles in styleA recent story about the colossal 2014 turtle season in blue, our members' magazine, mentioned that the Rescue Team uses banana boxes to transport their sea turtle patients. There wasn't space in the article to go into the back story of the boxes, but we wanted to offer some additional information to our blog readers.
Turtles in transport
When the turtles arrive, they are queued up
with NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-12374414559753232542014-12-30T17:16:00.000-05:002015-01-12T17:20:53.861-05:002014 Turtles: Last turtle of the season?
This was an Aquarium media release distributed on December 30, 2014.
In an already record setting year for cold-stunned sea turtles on Cape Cod, a 65-pound brown-shelled sea turtle emerged from the frigid surf of Great Island in Wellfleet Monday afternoon, just two days before New Year’s. Many New Englanders might be skeptical that sea turtles could be found in the region’s cold NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-61823985794859934672014-12-23T14:25:00.001-05:002014-12-23T14:31:32.034-05:002014 Turtles: In the National NewsOur local sea turtle stranding tidalwave continues to pique the interest of folks around the country.
A rescued sea turtle awaits its entrance exam
Here are a couple national news stories that you may have missed.
Watch NBC Nightly News
Watch CBS Evening News
Read New York Times
In these news stories, you'll find a lot of interesting information about the rescue efforts that NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-17757399477920219552014-12-15T17:25:00.003-05:002014-12-23T14:30:06.445-05:002014 Turtles: Early Morning TransportAs of mid-December, more than 700 turtles have been treated at the Aquarium's Animal Care Center in Quincy. In order to make room for new patients, we've had to transport turtles to many facilities up and down the East Coast and Gulf Coast.
This morning, we had a crew of dedicated staff and volunteers on the scene well before the sun came up. Each turtle needs to be gentle scooped up from theirNEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-23951270974888302912014-12-12T08:17:00.002-05:002014-12-23T14:31:41.852-05:002014 Turtles: It's all about team work!
You might have wondered... With nearly 750 sick sea turtles admitted to our Quincy Animal Care Center since mid November, how are we able to function and provide care to these animals?
Well, here is your answer... Team work!
NEAQ staff and interns working side by side with our colleagues from Virginia Aquarium visiting to help treat endangered sea turtles .
We have discussed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-70622189080804709802014-12-10T17:02:00.001-05:002014-12-10T17:02:56.515-05:002014 Turtles: Some snapshot of our patients
Just when we thought this year's stranding season couldn't get any bigger, any more massive, we get another shipment of 40 cold-stunned sea turtles (that happened on Monday). The volunteers in Wellfleet are doing still putting in long hours and long walks looking for stranded turtles. And here at the Animal Care Center, we are managing with the help of volunteers and seasoned staff to diagnose, NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-38729082213385313362014-12-02T14:58:00.000-05:002014-12-04T10:40:51.803-05:002014 Turtles: A Mid-Stranding Season RecapEvery year, the New England Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Team rehabilitates critically endangered sea turtles and releases them back into the wild. Your support makes programs like this possible.
We are in the midst of an epic sea turtle stranding season right now. Take a look.
The Aquarium's Rescue Team has now treated more than 600 turtles at the Animal Care Center. That's nearly NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6078787118726987289.post-26022094976148427392014-11-26T14:27:00.001-05:002014-11-26T14:27:54.323-05:002014 Turtles: Unprecedented TransportSince we are in the midst of an unprecedented sea turtle stranding season, we rely on partners to help with the long rehabilitation phase in the recovery of cold-stunned sea turtles. Once we stabilize their health here in Quincy, many turtles are carefully transported to other rescue facilities up and down the East Coast for rehab—a long process that can take months.
Most of the turtles NEAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11096104970335431798noreply@blogger.com0