East Coast Zoological Foundation’s Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo never really experiences a slow year – and 2025 was no exception.  

Bon voyage Cassieopeia and Cheyenne! These two juvenile green sea turtles are back in the ocean thanks to the rehabilitation efforts of East Coast Zoological Foundation’s (ECZF) Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo.  

When it comes to our sea turtle patients, we usually share stories of recovery: mended flippers, healed carapaces and the joyous return to the ocean. But working in wildlife rehabilitation, there are some days when tragedy strikes.

We have a sweet sea turtle patient to introduce you to! Mango, a sub-adult green sea turtle, was brought to us with a presumed boat strike injury on top of their head.

Over the weekend, more than 200 baby sea turtles arrived at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo for care.

June Cleaver, our 230-plus-pound loggerhead sea turtle patient, is going to be released on Wednesday, Sept. 4!