The Turtle Hospital in Marathon is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect who shot a loggerhead turtle in the head with a spear, the organization’s manager said Tuesday.

Two rehabilitated green sea turtles were released back to their ocean home off the Florida Keys Saturday to mark Earth Day, according to the Florida Keys News Bureau.

A green sea turtle named after Hurricane Ian was among 15 injured sea turtles released in Gulf Stream waters off Key West by staff from a turtle hospital and members of a powerboat racing team vying for the sport’s world championship.

Sea turtles have been living on the planet since the time of the dinosaurs around 110 million years. But sadly, six of the seven species of sea turtles are either threatened, endangered or critically endangered.

A giant loggerhead sea turtle, brought to the Turtle Hospital in Marathon after an apparent boat strike, has died.

Veterinarians at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon are working to save a loggerhead turtle, they say was hit by a boat in the Florida Keys.

Sparb, la tortuga boba, está de vuelta en casa. En la celebración del Día de la Tierra, el personal del Turtle Hospital con sede en Florida Keys devolvió una tortuga boba rehabilitada al océano frente a Marathon.

Sparb the loggerhead sea turtle is back home! In celebration of Earth Day, staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean off Marathon.

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle was rescued off Duck Key Thursday by a young family that is on vacation in the area and is now being treated at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon. Turtle Hospital manager Bette Zirkelbach told Local 10 News in an email that the turtle now named Chomper was entangled in fishing line when it was rescued. She said the tumor is the largest the Turtle Hospital has seen in more than 30 years. According to Zirkelbach, Chomper is scheduled to undergo surgery on Saturday with Dr. Terry Norton so that the tumor can be removed. Zirkelbach said Turtle Hospital employees are hoping that Norton will be able to save Chomper’s flipper.

(Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)ISLAMORADA, Fla. Two rehabilitated sea turtles, rescued at different times and locations by the U.S. Coast Guard, have been released off the Florida Keys. Emma, a 150-pound (68-kilogram) female loggerhead sea turtle, was recovered in June after she was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean off Islamorada. Bubbles, a 225-pound (100-kilogram) adult female green sea turtle, was found entangled in an abandoned fishing trap line by recreational boaters in mid-June off Long Key. Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael Lees described the rescue and Thursday's release of the sea turtles as a rare treat. Its fulfilling to see the final result of a turtle rescue, Lees said.

"Splinter," the 150-pound sea turtle that had a spear shot into its neck, is released back into the ocean. KEY WEST, Fla. - A federally protected green sea turtle was released in the Florida Keys after recovering from a spear that was shot into its neck. The 150-pound female, dubbed Splinter, returned to the Atlantic Ocean on Friday at Higgs Beach in Key West. The reptile was transported to the Middle Keys-based Turtle Hospital in Marathon, where a veterinarian surgically removed the 3-foot-long spear. Hospital personnel also provided additional treatment, which included wound care, broad-spectrum antibiotics and a diet of natural sea grass, green vegetables and seafood.

A green sea turtle was found with a 3-foot-long spear in its neck and rescued, according to nonprofit Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida. WSVN in Miami reports.