Found 6 blog entries tagged as Turtles.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, in Juno Beach, will host its 17th Annual TurtleFest on Saturday, April 2, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is anticipated that over 15,000 guests will join at TurtleFest 2022. TurltleFest 2022 is a free-admission event which focuses on promoting ocean conservation through interactive educational exhibits and marine life, as well as music, art, shopping, games, and other family-friendly activities.

This free-admission, family friendly event focuses on promoting sea turtle and ocean conservation through firsthand educational activities, as well as live music, art, shopping, games, and other fun activities. They will also host the official grand opening for the expanded 27,500 square foot campus, and welcome guests to come…

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Adopt a sea turtle through Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach. They have an “Adopt a Sea Turtle” program. This unique program helps to further research, rehabilitation projects, and the constant attention and medical care for the sick, injured, and endangered sea turtles kept at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

The Loggerhead Marinelife Center is a non-profit organization located in Juno. The mission of Loggerhead MarineLife is to help safeguard marine life and to help boost ocean conservation. The center saves wounded or endangered sea turtles. They bring to the injured and rescued sea turtles to the hospital for further care and diagnosis before releasing them back into the ocean.

Through the Adoption program medication, food and tank…

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 55 and Bolder: Health, Wellness, and Science is a 1-hour program offered by Loggerhead MarineLife Center, 14200 U.S. Highway 1, in Juno Beach. The marine life center has collaborated with the medical professionals from St. Mary’s Medical Center, in West Palm Beach. The program is directed towards seniors and covers topics that focus on human health and learning along with sea turtle-related topics.

In partnership with St. Mary’s Medical Center, physicians and experienced staff will present on topics such as fall prevention, nutrition, emergencies, and more! Each session will end with an introduction to sea turtle medicine relating to diverse topics. Science education for those 55+ inspires curiosity and engagement, drawing connections to the…

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Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton is open and back in full swing, but here is a tip for avoiding the crowds!  Join Gumbo Limbo for an after-hours tour through Gumbo Limbo’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility and outdoor aquariums, open-air butterfly garden, Ashley Nature Trail, ending with breathtaking sunset views of the Intracoastal Waterway from the beach by our Seminole Chiki.

At Gumbo Limbo they love sea turtles and other animals just as much.  The Gumbo Limbo education team has created fun and educational activities for your kids and the family to do together in your own backyard and home.  Visit the virtual page for more at-home fun!

Naturalist guides will lead the way on an hour and a half tour taking adventurists through the…

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Let us talk turtles! Although verbal communication is less evident among sea turtles compared to freshwater turtles and tortoises. Sea turtles have existed for more than 120 million years.  In 1999, researchers definitively recorded sounds from sea turtles.  This was the first time we learned that turtles talk (okay, communicate).  Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach wants to introduce humans to the way sea turtles communicate.

Learn the basics of sea turtles and the way they speak! Sea turtles start making their first sound before they hatch. The sounds can be described as chirps, click, grunts and “complex hybrid tones.” Scientists assumed that the sounds that they made while they were still in their shell triggered the others in the group…

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Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is offering an opportunity for kids interested in saving turtles to become junior researchers. Youngsters can participate in a FREE program to learn what marine researchers do and how they help sea turtles and hatchlings at the center.

Children ages 5-12 can learn all about the marvelous world of turtles. The junior researchers will participate in a mock excavation of hatchlings. They will learn how math and statistics benefit conservation. Kids will explore how data collected over a long period of time helps in saving sea turtles. They will participate in releasing their hatchlings back out into the wild.

The program is taking place through September on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at…

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