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The Virginia Aquarium released two sea turtles after months of rehabilitation at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront near Buff’s ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team went around Virginia Beach excavating sea turtle nests on Tuesday. Excavating nests allows researchers to check for straggler ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center announced Tuesday that it has responded to 58 hooked sea turtles so far in 2022, breaking the record for the most responses ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Response Team saved 56 turtles hooked on fishing lines in 2023. This year's "hooked sea turtle season" honored the ...
virginia beach, va. — The Virginia Aquarium has reported an unprecedented response this season, admitting 77 cold-stunned sea turtles from November 2024 to early 2025.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — As the air and water temperatures begin to drop for the winter, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is reminding the community to be on the lookout for ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Aquarium responded to 63 sea turtles hooked on fishing lines in 2023. In 2023, the aquarium received 62 reports of hooked turtles in Virginia and one ...
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Response Team helped a record number of cold-stunned, or hypothermic, sea turtles in recent months. During the colder months, sea turtles ...
Currently, the Darden Conservation Center in Virginia Beach has seven patients in house, three loggerheads and four Kemp’s ridleys. During the summer, there were at maximum 36 sea turtles ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Response Team helped a record number of cold-stunned, or hypothermic, sea turtles in recent months. During the ...
Loggerhead sea turtle eggs excavated from a nest at Virginia Beach’s North End. Aquarium staff conducted a nest excavation Sept. 1. It revealed 79 hatched eggs, 49 unhatched eggs and one ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center's Stranding Response Team helped a record number of cold-stunned, or hypothermic, sea turtles in recent months. During the ...