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

Rafael Graça do Prado, 32, who runs a tourism boating business, has told how he spotted the large plastic ball while in the sea off Lazaro Beach near Sao Paulo, Brazil ...

A green sea turtle named Charlotte is getting a second chance at swimming normally thanks to a 3D-printed harness meant to ...

Charlotte "is doing excellent," is "very comfortable in the harness and is thriving," Dr. Molly Martony, senior veterinarian ...

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 ...

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

A rescued green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) named Charlotte is getting the gift of better mobility this holiday season. Charlotte is one of many endangered turtles suffering from bubble butt ...

Most rescued sea turtles with bubble butt syndrome cannot be released back into the wild due to their mobility issues. “For turtles in general, their spine runs directly underneath the shell ...

Courtesy of Formlabs A green sea turtle in Connecticut has been given ... deal with positive buoyancy syndrome, known as "bubble butt syndrome." According to The Turtle Hospital, a nonprofit ...