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Rescued Turtle Heads to SeaWorld for Rehabilitation
An endangered olive ridley sea turtle found stranded on a beach has been transported to SeaWorld San Diego to receive long-term rehabilitative care. Since her rescue nearly a month ago, Donatello the sea turtle has received expert critical care from The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The move to […]
Watch our Rare Video of a White Shark Heart Beating
Researchers studying white shark populations were recently given rare access to an image that has likely never been seen before: the beating heart of one of the most mysterious predators in the ocean. SeaWorld scientists aboard the OCEARCH research vessel off the coast of Nova Scotia captured the heartbeat of a live, wild white shark with ultrasound. It is believed this […]
SeaWorld Rescue Team Save Trapped Manatee
On Friday 1 November, rescue teams from SeaWorld Orlando and Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, in partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the National Marine Mammal Foundation, responded to the call to help a distressed manatee on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and […]
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary thanks the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
In February 2019, a devastating respiratory infection broke out at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and affected all 39 chimpanzees living at the sanctuary. Jobo, a one-year old male chimpanzee, was left orphaned after the infection killed his mother. One other chimpanzee also died during the outbreak. The sanctuary reached out for assistance to control the […]
The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund Reaches Record $17.5 Million in Grants Supporting Global Animal Research, Rescue and Protection
The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund (SWBGCF) recently announced a record-breaking milestone: $17.5 million has been granted to more than 1,200 animal rescue, research and conservation organisations worldwide since the fund’s inception. Started in 2003, SWBGCF’s grants have supported impactful conservation projects – both grassroots efforts and large-scale collaborations – that align with the […]
Rescued Sea Otter Gets Second Chance at Life at SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is giving a second chance at life to a five-week-old female northern sea otter pup named Cinder orphaned near Homer, Alaska on Aug. 18. Rescued after it was found stranded against rocks by strong currents, the five-pound pup was initially taken to the Homer Vet Clinic before being transferred to the Alaska […]
Conservationists from SeaWorld and the Chinese Academy of Science Publish Foundational Research to Help Save the Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoise
With less than 1,000 Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs) believed to be left on the planet, SeaWorld, in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, has published a new, foundational study in Frontiers in Physiology, establishing an official spectrum for biologists […]
SeaWorld Proudly Welcomes Whiskered Baby Walrus
SeaWorld Orlando’s animal care and veterinary teams are proud to announce the birth of a 150-pound, female Pacific walrus calf on 3 July, to mum Kaboodle and dad Garfield. This is 16-year-old Kaboodle’s second calf and the second calf born at SeaWorld Orlando. Both Kaboodle and her calf are doing well. Under the watchful eyes of attentive animal […]
Fifty-Five Years and More Than 35,000 Rescues in, SeaWorld Experts Reveal Threats To Marine Wildlife Are Accelerating
Since 1964, the same year SeaWorld first opened its gates, SeaWorld’s rescue teams have been on the frontlines of giving ill, injured, orphaned or abandoned animals a second chance at life. Today, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced that SeaWorld Rescue has now come to the aid of more than 35,000 marine and terrestrial animals in […]