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Enjoy a terrific #TurtleTuesday! 🐢💙 This week, we released nearly three hundred hatchlings offshore! Prior to their release, these hatchlings received critical care and rehabilitation for several weeks at our hospital. Sick, injured or disoriented hatchlings were brought to our 24/7 hatchling cooler after being found on our local beaches thanks to beachgoers. To those who have helped us spread sea turtle conservation awareness, or have helped rescue a sea turtle, we sincerely thank you for you

377K views · 3.8K reactions | In Palm Beach County, we’re approaching the peak of the 2018 sea turtle nesting season! That means more… and more… and MORE nests and hatchlings will soon be found on our local beaches! As of today our current nest count is 138 leatherbacks, 3,674 loggerheads and 12 greens for a total of 3,824 nests!! Be sure to read up on our top nesting season tips: marinelife.org/nesting-18 | Loggerhead Marinelife Center | Facebook

Have you ever wondered where recovered sea turtles go after we release them? After almost nine months of care, Himalayan Salt was outfitted with a tracking tag and released off Cape Cod in September. Check out the loggerhead’s journey!📍 🐢 We use different forms of tagging to track a turtle’s migration to warmer waters. If turtles are large enough, they may receive a satellite tag. These sophisticated tags provide information on the turtle’s location, and some tag models also tell us about wate

Happy #SeaTurtleWeek! Did you know that by mapping the migration routes of tagged loggerhead sea turtles, we can see that they base their course on a specific chlorophyll and temperature gradient? In other words, they prefer a narrow band of more temperate ocean conditions—not too hot and not too cold. For more on Sea Turtle Week 2020 please visit: go.usa.gov/xwUxF Check out more NOAA "Science on a Sphere" datasets here: sos.noaa.gov #30DaysofOcean #OceanMonth2020 | NOAA Satellite and Informatio