Endangered Species Day

This is a day to learn about the importance of protecting endangered species and what you can do to help protect our nation’s disappearing wildlife.

There are five species of sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, and two of them regularly visit Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary–the Hawksbill and the Loggerhead.

Visit the opportunity’s page to see video highlights of sea turtles observed in the sanctuary or released into the sanctuary following a rehabilitation period in Galveston, TX:

• Loggerhead at Stetson Bank
• Releasing a Larger Hawksbill Turtle
• Saving an Entangled Loggerhead Turtle
• Releasing Rehabilitated Hawksbill Turtles