Intern Nathan Lamb with little Green "Leap."
Meet Nathan Lamb, one of our 2008 summer interns and the only one to raise their hand when I asked, “Who wants to be first?” Nathan is an Environmental Studies major at UNC-CH and we call him our “senior plus” because he’s already graduated and received his degree. After […]

So you think you’re smarter than a sea turtle? A recurring theme of Loggerhead revenge is “let’s drain this 400-gallon tank and see what happens.”

Life really is a beach
It really is but from May through October, the life on the beach we’re concerned with is our sea turtles. Those beautiful Loggerhead ladies are really working their flippers off especially on the north end of the island. Last week I told you we, (actually Jean, the definitive source), had a […]

Another sea turtle launch successful! Read all about the latest turtle release from our turtle correspondent, Karen Sota!

Life really is a beach! Back in the early 80’s Jean and her late daughter Karen, recorded 63 nests in the North Topsail Beach area. Sixty three! Well, they are now grown up and are coming back to nest.

Sima gets her flipper tags.
Tuesday was the last hurdle for each turtle – pre-release physicals. Twenty-two of our twenty-seven turtles were asked to donate blood and to publicly weigh in. When it comes to size, the bigger the better for recovered sea turtles. These critters don’t look all that big when they’re swimming around in […]

 Volunteer Jenny Jennings with her very favorite patient, Bradley.
Photo submitted by Karen Sota
I’ll have to admit that warm and fuzzy are not adjectives that come to mind when describing a sea turtle; cool and scaly are more appropriate. But just because you can’t cuddle with them doesn’t mean you can’t fall in love. Once […]

Jersey the sea turtle is so happy! She is well enough to go back to her ocean home! The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation is alive and full of activities. The hospital is scheduled to open soon to the public.

Sea turtle nests will begin to start sprouting up so keep your eyes open!

"Ambassador Lennie" sits on my lap while his tank is being cleaned.
If the turtle hospital were a small town, it would have its very own mini-water treatment plant. Turtle tank water is constantly recycled, and in the process it’s run through an ozonator, as well as numerous highly effective filtration systems that kill bacteria, viruses […]

David Ayers, "Pharmacist to the Sea Turtles" fills another order for us.
Topsail Island, NC - What do you do when a sea turtle has a headache, a cough or a sore flipper? First off, you check the hospital medicine cabinet for something to take care of the problem. But when the cupboard is bare, or […]