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Turtles Take the Stage at New Recovery Exhibit

South Carolina Aquarium

Sea Turtle Care Center Manager Willow Melamet was beaming. The team at the South Carolina Aquarium had just completed major surgery on an adult female sea turtle – and aquarium visitors were watching live. It was all thanks to the brand-new Zucker Family Sea Turtle Recovery area of the aquarium. Sea Turtle Recovery walks visitors […]

Turtle Love: Share the Beach

Folly Turtle Team

During the late spring and early summer, mama sea turtles lumber onto the shores of Charleston at night to lay their eggs – often more than 100 in a single nest. The tiny hatchlings emerge between July and October. As you’re visiting Charleston’s area beaches, be careful of the sea turtle nests and never disturb […]

When Visiting Charleston Beaches, Watch for Turtles

The area’s first loggerhead sea turtle lumbered onto the shore at Seabrook Island to lay the first eggs of the nesting season. The mother sea turtle deposited her 166 eggs appropriately on Mother’s Day, which is usually the time of year the first nests are discovered on the beaches. Sea turtle nesting season continues through […]

Sand, Sullivan’s and Tea – Things to Love about the Lowcountry

The list of summertime loves in Charleston could be quite lengthy but we’ve narrowed down our five favorites. Sand in our toes: It’s beach season and we can’t get enough of the warm breezes as we kick back in our beach chair or frolic in the ocean with the kiddos. Sullivan’s Island: Speaking of beaches, we […]

Keeping our Turtles Safe

This time of year our lovely loggerheads are lumbering onto the sandy beaches to lay their eggs before returning to the ocean before the sun comes up. Plenty of loggerhead turtles nest on Charleston area beaches so it’s important for visitors to be mindful of the nests. Volunteers patrol our beaches looking for the tell-tale […]

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