Named Charlotte, the animal was hit by a boat years ago, causing him to develop an affliction that traps air bubbles at the ...

A rescued green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas) named Charlotte is getting the gift of better mobility this holiday season.

Like many air-breathing marine megafauna, green turtles optimize their swim depth during migration to minimize the cost of transport, traveling at around three body-depths beneath the surface in ...

Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left it with an affliction colloquially referred to as the “bubble butt,” a kind of floating syndrome that makes it impossible for a ...

When Charlotte the green sea turtle was struck by a boat, his injuries rendered him mostly unable to swim. In addition to partial paralysis, Charlotte also suffered from “bubble butt syndrome,” a ...

Like many air-breathing marine megafauna, green turtles optimise their swim depth during migration to minimise the cost of transport, travelling at around three body-depths beneath the surface in ...

To help improve Charlotte's swimming habits ... organization lists vessel strikes as one of the major threats to green sea turtles, along with ocean pollution, loss and degradation of nesting ...

So how do you get that butt down so the green sea turtle can swim more normally? The aquarium worked with Cromwell based 3D printing solutions company Adia which measured and scanned Charlotte’s ...

A 3D prosthetic is expected to be life changing for a green sea turtle at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn. "The animal has had such a long time swimming in an abnormal way that we don’t want to ...

A green sea turtle in Connecticut has been given another ... To help improve Charlotte's swimming habits, the aquarium teamed up with 3D printing solutions company Adia to help create a new ...