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

"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

Charlotte is one of many endangered turtles suffering from bubble butt syndrome, a serious injury which has partially ...

Charlotte, a male green sea turtle, wears a 3D-printed harness to help him overcome "bubble butt syndrome" — a condition caused by a boat strike. Charlotte lives at the Mystic Aquarium in ...

That throws the animals' buoyancy off-kilter when they swim, leading to "positive buoyancy syndrome," a condition known more colorfully as "bubble butt syndrome." Bubble butt can leave turtles ...

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 ...

Bubble butt syndrome, or positive buoyancy syndrome, is typically caused by trauma, often from boat collisions. For Charlotte, it has been a persistent issue for years. Mystic Aquarium’s team of ...

Charlotte the sea turtle was injured in a boat accident out in the wild. Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, wears a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness on his backside.

Unfortunately marine animals often run into issues with boats, which either cause fatalities or have serious, often long-term ...

Charlotte, a green sea turtle, suffered from a boat wound resulting in “bubble butt syndrome,” a condition where air trapped in the back of a turtle’s shell causes tilting at a 45-degree ...