A sea turtle patient receives critical care in Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Outdoor Sea Turtle Hospital.LMC Offers Virtual Learning Experiences For Supporters Dear Friend of Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), At LMC, we strive to be industry leaders in sea turtle and ocean conservation. Our work is focused...
From Executive Director Todd Steiner: To our conservation family: I’d like to extend my deepest wishes that you are doing well and have not been negatively impacted by the ongoing spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Turtle Island Restoration Network is actively monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and is taking precautions...
Right now, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering revising measures that would remove interaction limits between the Hawai’i shallow-set pelagic longline fishery and endangered North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles. This means the Hawai’i longline fleet would be allowed to interact with – hook, capture, entangle, and...
On March 5, 2020, Ocean Conservancy hosted a “Lunch and Learn” educational session dedicated to learning about the story of Kiribati (pronounced “Kiribas”). Our staff gathered to hear from the generation that might be the last to be raised on their home island as they...
Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation questioned President Trump’s nominee to lead the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. Neil Jacobs. NOAA, our nation’s top ocean agency, has been operating without a Senate-confirmed Administrator since the Trump administration began. The Administrator...
Turtle Island Restoration Network and Clay Cup Studios install “Tranquilo Baby,” the latest addition to Turtles About Town, sponsored by Rudy & Paco’s and Vargas Cut & Catch by Paco and designed by artist Kathy VanDewalli. The next installment will take place on Saturday, March...
Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Outdoor Sea Turtle Hospital will remain open to the public. Loggerhead Marinelife Center Provides COVID-19 Update To Our Valued Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) Guest: Thank you for your continued support of our Center! Your support helps us amplify and accelerate our mission. In...
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Will Release Sea Turtle Patients, Turbo and Hermé, Back into the Ocean. Juno Beach, FL – On Thursday, March 12th from 10:00 to 10:35 a.m., Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s (LMC) will release sea turtle patients, Hermé and Turbo, back into the ocean. Both...
Believe it or not, the vampire squid is, indeed, a real creature! In fact, it’s a small and adorably-weird cephalopod that lives in the deep sea and despite its common name, it’s not actually a true squid (or a vampire—just in case you were still...
The Portuguese Man O’War (Physalia physalis) is absolutely alien-looking. With its bulbous top, dangling tentacles and iridescent coloring, this unusual invertebrate will make anyone do a double-take. But what is it, exactly? Read on for five facts about the Portuguese Man O’War. It looks like a...
