Virginia Aquarium responded to record number of sea turtle hypothermia cases this season

VIRGINIA BEACH — A small crowd gathered Friday morning to watch Basset Hound scoot toward the shore north of the resort area. The young loggerhead sea turtle had not touched the water in four months. On Jan. 5, members of the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center’s stranding response team received the call that the turtle had been stranded in Portsmouth. Back at the Darden Marine Animal ...