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Turtle Rescue

Fabio has quite a unique history along the Emerald Coast, stranding four times since 2009. Fabio’s most recent stranding was…

A boat strike victim, Charlie’s case was unique; initially the turtle was not moving its rear flippers, which led Gulf…

In January of 2010, the state of Florida experienced a cold-stun event significantly larger than any in US history. Multiple species…

In early January 2018, Gulf World Marine Institute participated in the second-largest sea turtle cold stunning event of the state’s…

Two loggerhead sea turtles were released into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, November 7th 2018 at 9:00 am…

“Kermit” was brought to Gulf World Marine Institute on May 9, 2018 from St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. This loggerhead…

Gulf World Marine Institute received 54 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and six green cold stunned sea turtles from the…

Gulf World Marine Institute (GWMI) is releasing “Chester”, the loggerhead sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, October…

In case you missed it, here are some photos from Chester’s release on Thursday, October 24, 2019.