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Turtle Rescue

Fabio

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

Charlie

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

2010 Cold Stun Event

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

2018 Cold Stun Event

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

New England Cold Stunned Sea Turtles to be transported to Gulf World Marine Institute for Rehab

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

2020 Cold Stun Season at Gulf World Marine Institute – Updates!

Update: February 2021 Cold-stunned sea turtle strandings in New England have largely stopped for the 2020 season, and Gulf World…