A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.

A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014.

Related: Are sea turtle conservation efforts working? The researchers used what they learned from the three-dimensional scans to build a 3D-printed brace for the loggerhead’s shell out of white ...

The sea turtle, who does not have an official name, has a piece from her shell missing, and is paralyzed in her rear flippers. So, the scientists at the aquarium teamed up with UC San Diego's ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --An injured loggerhead sea turtle with a gap in her shell was fitted with a 3D-printed brace by a team of California researchers. The Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of ...

A green sea turtle named Charlotte is getting a second chance at swimming normally thanks to a 3D-printed harness meant to address his “bubble butt syndrome.” After the turtle spent years at ...

Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, wears a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness on his backside. Charlotte, who was named before they realized he was a boy, was hit by ...

Earlier this year, we saw a turtle get a new lease on life thanks to a 3D-printed shell. Now, another sea-loving reptile has been saved by the same amazing technology. The turtle in question (seen ...

Sea turtle with ‘bubble butt syndrome’ gets a 3D-printed custom harness Charlotte, the 138-pound green sea turtle, was struck by a boat about 18 years ago. Laura Baisas Dec 17, 2024 10:00 AM EST ...