# National Marine Life Center: Helping Endangered Sea Turtles and Protected Seals Get a Second Chance

> Discover how the National Marine Life Center rehabilitates stranded seals and sea turtles while advancing marine wildlife science, education, and conservation\.

Generated by Yoast SEO v28.1, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs.

## Pages
- [Giving](https://nmlc.org/giving/)
- [About](https://nmlc.org/about/)
- [Careers](https://nmlc.org/careers/)
- [What to do if you find a stranded marine animal](https://nmlc.org/what-you-can-do-for-a-stranded-marine-animal/)
- [National Marine Life Center](https://nmlc.org/)

## Posts
- [Meet the Diamondback Terrapin: Massachusetts’ Salt Marsh Turtle](https://nmlc.org/meet-the-diamondback-terrapin-massachusetts-salt-marsh-turtle/)
- [Meet Daisy and Victor: NMLC’s Box Turtle Ambassadors](https://nmlc.org/meet-daisy-and-victor-nmlcs-box-turtle-ambassadors/)
- [Meet the Northern Red\-Bellied Cooter: An Endangered Turtle Getting a Head Start](https://nmlc.org/meet-the-northern-red-bellied-cooter-an-endangered-turtle-getting-a-head-start/)
- [Amazing Seal Adaptations](https://nmlc.org/amazing-seal-adaptations/)
- [Greetings from Costa Rica\!](https://nmlc.org/greetings-from-costa-rica/)

## Events
- [Feet for Flippers 5K 2026](https://nmlc.org/event/feet-for-flippers-5k-2026/)

## Patient Stories
- [Sea Turtle \#44](https://nmlc.org/patient-story/sea-turtle-44/): A green sea turtle rescued from Truro after becoming cold\-stunned\. Weak and in need of care, 44 received fluids, medication, and close monitoring while beginning recovery\.
- [Dexter](https://nmlc.org/patient-story/dexter/): A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle rescued after cold\-stunning in Brewster, Dexter came into our care in need of rehabilitation before getting a second chance\.
- [Banana Split](https://nmlc.org/patient-story/banana-split/): Arrived in critical condition with severe injuries, infection, and pneumonia\. After months of treatment, Banana Split was released back to the ocean\.
- [Moon](https://nmlc.org/patient-story/moon/): This grey seal pup arrived extremely ill and at risk of losing vision in both eyes\. With careful treatment, Moon recovered enough to return to the wild\.

## Categories
- [Animals](https://nmlc.org/category/animals/)
- [Teaching](https://nmlc.org/category/teaching/)
- [Shoutouts](https://nmlc.org/category/shoutouts/)
- [Science](https://nmlc.org/category/science/)
- [Education](https://nmlc.org/category/education/)

## Tags
- [education](https://nmlc.org/tag/education/)
- [Teaching](https://nmlc.org/tag/teaching/)
- [Kemp's ridley sea turtle](https://nmlc.org/tag/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle/)
- [harbor seal](https://nmlc.org/tag/harbor-seal/)
- [sea turtle](https://nmlc.org/tag/sea-turtle/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://nmlc.org/sitemap_index.xml)