Sea Rescue(2012–2018)

A Gigantic Challenge

Marine biologists spend years trying to perfect a technique to help rescue one of the biggest creatures on the planet: the right whale. Then, oil washes ashore during a Gulf spill, and rescuers spring into action to save hundreds of sea turtles in danger.

Lucky Streak

An exhausted pelican lands on a busy highway in Florida and Sea Rescue host Matt Gutman is there to assist with the rescue. Then, a manatee becomes ill after spending too long in frigid water, so the SeaWorld team launches a rescue mission to help him.

Race Against Time

A sea lion is slowly being strangled by a loop of line around his neck, so rescuers race to save him. Then, rescue teams work around the clock to prevent an ecological disaster after an oil spill in Galveston, Texas.

Gift of Sight

Four sea animals with one thing in common: they have a problem with their eyesight. In this Sea Rescue special, can the teams use cutting edge technology and a lot of TLC to give these animals the gift of sight?

Pipeline to Disaster

A pipeline bursts near Santa Barbara, California, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into a precious ecosystem. One of the biggest rescue efforts in state history begins to save seabirds and marine mammals caught in the oil’s deadly path.

Family Ties

A rescue team tries to save a young whale tangled up in fishing line off the coast of Maui as its mother swims nearby. Then, a baby manatee is discovered without her mom, so rescuers step in to take care of this precious little girl.

Sea Cow in Texas

A manatee turns up in Trinity Bay near Galveston, Texas, and when the water temperature drops, a multitude of rescue groups work together to save the manatee. Then, two sea lions in San Diego have life threatening entanglements around their necks.

Here, There and Everywhere

Sea lion pups start washing ashore, ill and emaciated, up and down the California coast. Soon the numbers shatter all previous records and rescue teams work around the clock to keep up with a deluge of sick patients.

Shell Shocked

Hundreds of endangered sea turtles strand on the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, after spending too long in water that’s too cold for them. A rescue effort is launched to save them by flying these turtles all over the country to rehabilitation centers.

Situation Contained

A sea lion is brought to SeaWorld San Diego in the back of a police car. Then, two albatross turn up in the unlikeliest of places: a desert community and a container ship. Fortunately for these wayward long-distance fliers, help is on hand.

Best of: Hooked

Four animals, one problem: they’ve all been hooked with a sharp object. In this special episode of Sea Rescue, it’s up to rescue teams across the country to get two dolphins, a sea lion and a small shark safely back to their ocean homes.

Heron Today, Gone Tomorrow

It’s a fight for survival in Hawaii as rescuers work tirelessly to help the endangered monk seal population recover. Then, a great blue heron is in grave danger after a soda can becomes stuck around its beak, so rescuers must step in to help.

Never Give up Hope

A manatee becomes stranded in frigid waters near Savannah, Georgia, as rescuers race to reach him in time. Then, two young harbor seals with serious injuries arrive at SeaWorld San Diego and the team works to save them.

In Trouble in the Gulf

When a sick dolphin washes ashore in Louisiana, a dedicated rescue team helps it, inspiring a group of school children along the way. Then, hundreds of turtles strand along the Gulf shore of Texas in critical condition.

Wading in to Help

A young harbor seal is brought into SeaWorld San Diego with a broken back and a mysterious illness. Then, rescuers wade in to help a badly sunburned dolphin stranded on a sandbar.

Day and Night

A young harbor seal is brought into SeaWorld San Diego with a broken back and a mysterious illness. Then, rescuers wade in to help a badly sunburned dolphin stranded on a sandbar.

Stuck in the Drain

Rescuers discover 20 manatees trapped in a narrow drainpipe and begin an overnight rescue to save them all. Then, two loggerhead sea turtles are brought to the South Carolina Aquarium with life-threatening shell injuries.

Small But Nighty

When a newborn orphaned sea otter pup washes ashore, rescuers act quickly to give this infant a second chance. Then, a newborn harbor seal strands with a swollen neck and rescuers have to get her well again.

Dangerous Entanglements

Two dolphins, a whale and a sea lion are all fighting for their lives while tangled up in fishing gear. In this special edition of Sea Rescue, teams work quickly to save these unfortunate animals from their deadly entanglements.

A Profound Legacy

Meet the pioneers who spent decades perfecting techniques to safely and successfully sedate and return entangled sea lions in the wild. Then, a female loggerhead sea turtle is taken to SeaWorld Orlando for care.

Trouble on the Sand

A sea lion is spotted with a deadly tangle of line and a fishing lure caught in his mouth, and rescuers need to find him before it’s too late. Then, a dolphin strands near the U.S border with Mexico and is in critical condition.

Something in the Water

A leatherback sea turtle strands in South Carolina and rescuers come to the rescue. Then, a mysterious substance appears in the San Francisco Bay and threatens the lives of hundreds of sea birds.

Rapid Response

A manatee has been struck by a boat and needs to be rescued or he could drown. Then, a young dolphin is spotted in a freshwater bayou in Texas and rescuers have to move quickly to save this saltwater animal.

Big or Small, Help Them All

Rescue teams in Maui respond to a young, emaciated humpback whale severely entangled in heavy gauge line. Then, a harbor seal that can’t swallow fish is taken to SeaWorld San Deigo where the team must discover how to help her if she's going to survive.

Feathered Friends in Need

Flamingos in Mexico, penguins in South Africa, sea birds in California and sandhill cranes in Florida all need help. In this special edition of Sea Rescue, four inspiring stories of feathered friends and the people who help them.

Body in the Water

Police in Florida respond to reports of someone in dire need of help floating in the water and are surprised to discover it’s a turtle and he needs help. Then a baby dolphin is tangled in fishing gear in Texas, and his mother won’t leave his side!

Big Fish, Small Pond

A great white shark becomes trapped in a lagoon off Cape Cod, MA and it’s a race against time to save her! Then, a manatee is hit by a boat and a SeaWorld team responds, but first they must find her!

Trapped and Helpless

Three manatees are trapped in a pond used to control mosquitoes in Florida, and rescue teams must brave snakes and alligators to save them! Then a sea turtle is found tangled up in a crab pot line off the Coast of South Carolina and is in urgent need of help!

Hook, Line, and Sinker

A young dolphin is tangled up in fishing gear near San Diego, CA and a SeaWorld team races to rescue it! Then a sea lion has fishing line wrapped tightly around his neck in Monterey Bay, CA and a specialized rescue team is brought in to help!

Heroic Journeys

An abandoned baby manatee is discovered at Blue Spring State Park, and it takes a monumental team effort to rescue and rehabilitate this precious orphan. Then two gulls are tied together with fishing line, and it’s going to take a heroic crawl across a treacherous mud flat to save them!

Perilous Predicaments

Kids at summer camp call for help after a loggerhead turtle is struck by a boat and needs help fast. Then a sea lion has a potentially deadly loop of plastic wrapped around his neck and rescuers go to extraordinary lengths to save this big guy!

Trouble in Paradise

An olive ridley sea turtle strands in Monterey Bay, CA, and a rock band becomes part of the extraordinary effort to return this wayward reptile to warmer waters. Then a ship hits a bridge in the San Francisco Bay, spilling thousands of gallons of oil that threatens miles of environmentally sensitive coastline!

Tangled Up in the Blue

A humpback whale is tangled up in fishing gear off the coast of Maui, and it’s up to a specialized rescue team to perform a daring operation to save him. Then, a manatee is hit by a boat propeller, leaving behind scars that resemble the laces of a football.

Hard Shells, Warm Hearts

What starts as an annual event turns into an unprecedented crisis as hundreds of endangered sea turtles strand up and down the New England coast. Rescuers come up with an extraordinary plan to get them back to warmer waters.

Locked and Found

A dolphin is tangled in fishing gear and needs help. Rescuers have their work cut out for them, because the dolphin learns to swim through a lock that is used by boats. And then, when a harbor porpoise strands in a marsh near Brunswick, Maine, a simple pool toy becomes a lifesaver!

Pirates and Pendants

Rescuers race to help an entangled Humpback Whale off Maui on Christmas day and are stunned to find it’s dragging a ship’s anchor behind it. Then, a rescued California sea lion pup has an eye injury and veterinarians must operate.

Otterly Adorable

When a family walking on a beach in California spots a ball of matted fur in the sand, little do they know it’s the start of the incredible and inspiring story of Olive the Sea Otter. Then, when three harbor seal pups are abandoned, the biggest challenge facing the SeaWorld team is getting them to eat.

Code Red

When dozens of manatees start falling victim to a natural toxin in the waters off Florida, the race is on to save as many of these endangered animals as possible. And then, a rarely seen Risso’s dolphin strands off the New York Coast and rescuers discover she has a life-threatening infection!

50 Great Years

This special episode of Sea Rescue commemorates SeaWorld’s 50 year anniversary and looks back on some of most inspiring sea rescues, including the amazing tale of JJ the whale and the heartwarming saga of Little Joe the manatee.

An Orphan Reunited

An orphaned killer whale calf turns up in the busy waters off Seattle and she’s in grave danger of being hit by a boat. Rescuers are there to help and so begins an extraordinary and historic international effort to reunite Springer, the killer whale, with her family.

Dolphin Ahoy

When a family on a boat trip in Florida discovers a newborn dolphin, his prospects don’t look great. But with the round-the-clock care from the SeaWorld team Turner the dolphin ends up fulfilling a vital role in the U.S. Navy.

Unfriendly Skies

When a rarely seen pygmy sperm whale washes up in bad shape on the New Jersey coast, rescuers are shocked to discover how much ocean trash this unfortunate animal has swallowed. Then, after a monsoon blows pelicans off course, they start landing in the scorching Arizona desert with one crashing into a crowded swimming pool.

Hazards of Nature

Two harbor seals come into SeaWorld San Diego with terrible injuries and the team must work hard to nurse Sharky and Roxy back to health. Then, a little known phenomenon called natural seepage affects hundreds of seabirds and other marine life but fortunately, help is at hand.

A Sight to Behold

The SeaWorld Rescue team has its hands full when feisty sea lion they name Kyle arrives with a serious eye injury. Then, when a harbor porpoise beaches in Canada, rescuers quickly learn he’s in desperate shape and it’s going to take 24/7 care to get little Levi back to health.

Twist of Fate

Volunteers on a routine turtle patrol discover a rare leatherback hatchling stuck at the bottom of a nest with a life-threatening fold in its shell. Then, a gray seal is tangled up in a fishing net on a remote beach on Long Island, N.Y., but a rescue team is there to help.

911 Pup Emergency

Hundreds of sea lion pups turn up starving and malnourished up and down the coast of Southern California, including one who wanders right into a crowded hotel lobby. SeaWorld and other rescue teams mount an extraordinary response to save these little pups and nurse them back to health.

Elementary My Dear Seymour

Rescuers respond to bottlenose dolphin that is tangled up in fishing line in Florida, causing a life-threatening injury. This animal’s predicament captures the hearts of 3rd and 4th grade students a thousand miles away and now they’re rooting for Seymour the dolphin every step of the way.

Hazardous Migrations

A rescue team faces the challenge of cutting away fishing gear from a baby humpback whale with its protective mother is right there by its side. Then an epic rescue effort is underway when a manatee called Chessie wanders so far north the cold winter temperatures put his life in grave danger.

A Tight Spot

After saving a sick sea lion from a rocky beach in San Diego, the SeaWorld rescue team finds her strong maternal instincts provide comfort to younger sea lions in its care. Then, a dehydrated and malnourished dolphin strands on a beach near the U.S.-Mexico border and the SeaWorld rescue team springs into action to help.

A Helping Hand

Two California sea lions have fishing line wrapped around their necks until the Sea World rescue team steps in to help. Then rescuers help a stranded, sunburned dolphin in Florida and must provide months of round-the-clock care to get him better.

Beyond the Call

A humpback whale is tangled up in fishing gear and desperately needs help. A rescue team overcomes one challenge after another in an epic, seventeen-day operation to save him.

Lost Bearings, Found Hope

A young sea lion goes on a journey through the waterways of California and turns up starving and lost, a hundred miles inland. Then freezing arctic temperatures cause the water temperatures to drop and hundreds of sea turtles end up in trouble.

The Right Thing to Do

A rescue team tries to save a Right whale that's tangle up in a mass of fishing gear. Then, a Sea World bird expert joins the effort to save African penguins whose numbers are threatened by oil spills and a decline in their natural food source.

Babies in Trouble

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks at the remarkable rescues and rehabilitation of some animals that had a rough start in life.

A Gator Tale

Mr. Stubbs the alligator is missing his tale, so pioneering animal care specialists and scientists band together to make him a prosthetic one. Then, a sea lion with a terrible fishing gaff injury has the Sea World rescue team springing into action.

Remarkable Recoveries

The Will to Survive

When rescuers recover a sea otter, they discover he's blind and has an injury to his flipper. Then, a couple in Florida finds a sea turtle floating in the water, so they call in the experts and the survival story of Archie the turtle begins.

Cold But Not Alone

A manatee is suffering from cod-stress so the Sea World rescue team and partners respond. Then, a sea lion stranded on a beach is reported, and the Sea World Rescue team is in for a surprise when they learn what happened.

Unlikeliest Rescues

Two whales are stranded; a triangular mat designed by the US Navy is used to save a dolphin; a floating dock becomes a makeshift operating table for a sick manatee; and a pelican brings traffic to a standstill on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Peril on the High Seas

A humpback whale is tangled in fishing gear off Hawaii, and a rescue team races to untangle it before it dies. Then, a seal survives a shark attack but will require round the clock medical care to survive.

Amazing Journey

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks back at some of the most extraordinary journeys undertaken by sea animals. Chessie the manatee; Koa and Beaky, two sea turtles; and a flight of pelicans that lands in the Arizona desert.

Stranded But Not Alone

The survivors of two separate mass pilot whale strandings are introduced to each other. Then, a baby harbor seal washes ashore and all alone on Long Island, NY and a rescue team rushes to help.

Untying the Knot

A humpback whale is badly tangled up in fishing gear, and a specialist team races to try and save him. Then, a dolphin is tangled in fishing gear, but rescuing this animal proves to be a huge challenge.

Georgia on My Mind

A tiny, orphaned manatee is rescued from a creek in Georgia and after years of rehabilitation at Sea World, this little girl grows up to become an amazing mom, grandmother, and surrogate mother. It's the heartwarming tale of Georgia the manatee.

Ups and Downs

A manatee floats at an odd angle after being hit by a boat so the Sea World team steps in to help him. Then, after a rarely seen Bryde's whale strands on a Florida beach, rescuers make history as they try to get Brydie well again and back out to sea.

A Rocky Road to Recovery

A sick Rissos's dolphin washes ashore in Delaware, and it's a race against time to get him the hep he needs. Then, rescuers have their hands full as they try to help a sea lion in need that's stranded out on some rocks.

Great Moms

In this special episode, we meet four rescued animals that also happen to be great mothers: a manatee with a newborn and a pregnant manatee that are tangled up in fishing equipment; Strut the sea lion; and Abby the orphan sea otter.

A Heartwarming Sight

A young dolphin wanders far inland from the Gulf and into a bayou where the fresh water could affect his health. Then, the pioneering and inspiring tale of Briar the sea turtle who needs cataract surgery to restore his vision.

On the Edge

When a shark floats in the shallow water of a marina, the Sea World Rescue team steps in to help. Then, when sheriff's deputies respond to a call of a body in the waters off the Florida coast, they discover this is not the emergency they were expecting.

A Deadly Loop

Packing straps floating in the water are ending up around the necks of sea lions, but fortunately help is at hand. Then, the Light-Footed Clapper Rail faces a number of threats in the wild, so innovative rescuers find a way to preserve their numbers.

A Lifeline to Survival

A sea lion has fishing line wrapped tightly around her neck, so the Sea World Rescue team helps her. Then, a newly hatched leatherback turtle is stuck in its nest, and there's something wrong with its shell.

It's a Wrap!

When Sea World rescues a newborn harbor seal, it's so cold they wrap it in blankets to keep it alive. Then, a sea turtle is rescued from a nuclear power plant in New Jersey and is flown thousands of miles to its new home.

Deeply Moving

Leatherback sea turtles are huge, endangered, and rarely come ashore, so when one turns up sick in Florida, it's all hands on deck to save her. Then, two fur seals strand in California and the Sea World team races to the rescue.

Lost in the Fog

A gray whale is tangled up in commercial fishing gear but disappears into the fog as a rescue team tries to free it. Then, a remarkable effort to help Florida sandhill cranes.

Mother Nature

Superstorm Sandy causes turtles to strand on Cape Cod; an explosive growth of a toxic algal bloom that, in the worst of conditions, can prove deadly for Florida manatees; and a powerful storm system affects the sea lion population.

Something to Write Home About

It’s the heartwarming tale of an injured sea lion and the caring eight-year old animal lover who became part of the effort to save her life. Then, when a critically endangered leatherback sea turtle washes ashore in Florida, a rescue team leaps into action to save it.

Double Jeopardy

When a sea lion is spotted with a potentially deadly tangle of fishing gear around his neck, the SeaWorld team races to help. Then, when a creek becomes a death trap for a dolphin, he doesn’t make life easy for rescuers who try to help him.

It Takes a Village

Meet the dedicated teams who travel to Nicaragua to try to save threatened and endangered sea turtles from extinction. Then, a helpless harbor seal pup is tangled in a deadly nylon fishing net and it’s going to take an air lift to get it to safety.

Cops to the Rescue!

Four stories in which law enforcement officers come to the rescue of animals. One sea lion is under a police car; another sea lion ends up in the back of one; officers patrol Florida’s waterways to protect manatees and a caring cop wades in when he sees a turtle in distress.

Wing and a Prayer

California condors are huge, magnificent birds but they face serious threats in the wild so a dedicated rescue team works tirelessly to help them recover from the brink of extinction. Then, a baby harbor seal is abandoned and starving so the SeaWorld rescue team steps in to help.

Blind Faith

A rescued sea lion goes blind so veterinarians try a ground breaking technology to try to restore its vision. Then, an educational trip turns into a rescue operation when a sea turtle is discovered that’s in desperate need of help.

Class Act

Two sisters go on a ride along with the SeaWorld team and end up helping to save a sick elephant seal. Then, students rescue an ailing turtle on the beaches of Cape Cod and a remarkable journey begins to get this survivor well again and back to its ocean home.

Giants of the Deep

In this special episode, host Matt Gutman travels to Mexico with renowned artist and shark conservationist Guy Harvey to dive with the biggest fish in the sea, the mysterious whale shark and to discover what's driving an ecotourism boom.

Salt of the Earth

A sea turtle stuck in a salt pond could die of dehydration unless rescuers can treat him in time. Then, a sick dolphin lost in a murky canal must overcome some major obstacles to get back out to his ocean home.

From Cradle to Sea

The SeaWorld rescue team steps in after a harbor seal pup is abandoned by its mother. Then, when a tiny orphaned manatee is discovered all alone, rescuers act as a surrogate mother to Moose the manatee.

Stuck

Four stories of animals trapped in dangerous locations – a dolphin trapped in a freshwater lake, two stories of manatees stuck in drain pipes, and a harbor seal wedged in a narrow, rocky crevice.

Neighborhood Watch

When a curious manatee finds herself stuck in an underground pipe, a community rallies to help get her well again. Then, a prehistoric-looking leatherback sea turtle strands next to an apartment complex and it’s all hands on deck to save this incredible creature of the deep.

Help Is on the Way

A lost white pelican lands on a California Highway and a Patrol Officer becomes an unlikely hero. Then, when a sea turtle swims so far north he becomes sick from the cold rescuers step in.

Hidden in the Sand

A Newfoundland dog helps rescue a dying loggerhead sea turtle. Then, we meet a group of dedicated volunteers trying to save African penguins from extinction.

Troubled Waters

When a deadly algae bloom breaks out along the Pacific Coast, rescuers race against the clock to save as many marine animals as they can. Then, two rescue baby manatees form a close bond while recuperating.

After the Storm

Hurricane Matthew washes thousands of tiny turtles back to shore and rescuers scramble to save their precious lives. Then, flooding from Hurricane Hermine allows manatees a chance to explore, but when they get stuck rescuers must step in to save them.

Throwing a Lifeline

When an injured Western gull lands in the middle of a schoolyard, a seventh grader steps in to help. Then, SeaWorld rescuers respond to a sea lion with devastating injuries that could leave him blind. Can they save Buck the sea lion?

All Alone

Four stories of young animals who are in trouble and all on their own. A starving sea lion clinging to a rock, a baby manatee who becomes a super mom, a rare turtle hatchling with a missing flipper, and a days old orphaned harbor seal.

Friends 'Til the End

Two malnourished sea lion pups are rescued and the SeaWorld team is astonished to discover the close bond they form. Then, a bald eagle suffering from lead poisoning is discovered on a farm and rescuers race to keep this symbol of America alive.

For Those in Peril

A humpback whale is tangled up in fishing equipment off the coast of Northern California so a rescue team puts to sea to save it. Then when severe cold weather hits the Gulf coast sea turtles start washing ashore prompting a large-scale rescue.

Pilot Episode

When a pilot whale strands off Florida a quick-thinking rescue team uses some ingenuity to get it the help it needs. Then, a large sea lion has a fishing hook injury but rescuing this animal is no easy task.

Happy Together

Two rarely-seen fur seals are rescued and they form a close bond while recuperating at SeaWorld San Diego. Then, we are out on patrol with teams dedicated to giving sea turtles a fighting chance of survival on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Hooked, Hit, and Helpless

A sea lion in San Diego has a fish hook stuck in her flipper so the SeaWorld team moves in to rescue her. Then, when a sea turtle is hit by a boat, a group of caring kids and counselors at summer camp make sure it gets the help it needs.

Everyday Heroes

Brave rescuers battle to free a whale that has a mass of ropes caught in its mouth off the coast of Canada. Then, a sea turtle is accidentally hooked by a fisherman so the operation begins to save the life of Walter the loggerhead.

Whale Tales

In this special episode, viewers have a front row seat to four dramatic whale rescues. A mysterious whale washes ashore all alone; a humpback whale is helplessly entangled in fishing gear; a rarely seen baby whale needs around the clock care; and four young pilot whales, left without a pod, form a strong bond.

Dangerous Passages

Rescuers discover the shocking cause behind Valentine the sea lion’s injuries, and then two sick humpback whales, Delta and Dawn, take a wrong turn and swim 90 miles inland!

Stuck in the Muck

A rare Bryde’s whale is rescued from a beach, but its size and poor health become major challenges for rescuers. Then hundreds of dolphins are stranded in thick mud, and rescuers must rush to save them!

True Bromance

Researchers and rescuers recount the epic story of C6 the dolphin. He was attacked by four bull sharks and nearly died. During his rehabilitation, researchers learn about the brotherly bond he shared with another dolphin, C7.

Of Pipes and Penguins

After being stuck in a drainpipe next to Kennedy Space Center, it takes a little rocket to free Kilroy the manatee. Also, penguins traveling too far north into warm waters end up on tourist beaches in Brazil. It’s time for a penguin rescue!

Hanging by a Thread

Rescuers and researchers attempt to identify and rehabilitate a rare seal found injured on a beach in California!

Lost, But Not Forgotten

A flock of pelicans fly way off course and find themselves in the blazing desert and in big trouble! Then, a humpback whale faces certain doom if a fishing net covering its head isn’t removed in time!

Weaned and Cleaned

An orphaned baby sea otter grows into her new role as a surrogate mother to other rescued and orphaned sea otters. And an international effort gets underway to save little blue penguins from the most devastating oil spill in New Zealand’s history!

Seeing is Believing

Iris, a stranded harbor seal pup, is found to have cataracts in both eyes and undergoes groundbreaking surgery to restore her sight. Rescuers must also race against time and a rising tide to free a humpback whale whose tail is anchored to the seabed!

When It Rains, It Pours

Sick and starving marine animals flood SeaWorld San Diego during one of the worst El Nino weather patterns in 50 years! Then, rescuers have to solve the mystery behind a deadly illness as it spreads through the California sea lion population!

Great Escapes

When a bear destroys a beaver lodge, the only survivor is a baby beaver rescuers name Peanut. A SeaWorld expert becomes little Peanut’s surrogate mom and helps her adapt to a new life.! Then two injured sea lions make headlines in San Francisco. One needs help escaping from Alcatraz Island, while the other dodges rescue attempts for weeks at Pier 39 and a harbor 90 miles south of San Francisco!

Deep Down

A very rare Cuvier’s Beaked Whale strands, and SeaWorld rescuers must figure out how to treat, feed and return it to the sea! Then a sea lion swallows a large hook, and rescuers execute a daring move to catch him and perform a life-saving operation to remove the hook!

Poisons & Porpoises

A deadly disease hits sea lions off the California coast. SeaWorld rescuers fight to save lives while researchers try to solve the mystery behind the poison that causes it! Then tiny rare harbor porpoises wash ashore sick and dying. The Vancouver Aquarium becomes the first facility to successfully save them!

Red Alert

When a jaguar rampages through a colony of flamingos during a sensitive hatching & breeding season, SeaWorld experts race to save hundreds of abandoned flamingo hatchlings that are notoriously difficult to hand rear!

Inspiring Journeys

A manatee wanders off course and into the brutal Massachusetts winter freeze! A massive effort to transport him back to Orlando inspires an 8th grader to make a difference. Then, a dolphin is rescued after a vicious shark attack and becomes an inspiration to wounded soldiers returning from war!

Best of Times, Worst of Times

A rescued manatee loses a flipper to fishing equipment and is later discovered to be pregnant! Then a leaking oil tanker, the Prestige, breaks up in a storm, creating a devastating oil spill. An international rescue effort is launched to save wildlife in some environmentally sensitive coastal areas of Spain and Portugal!

Missions of Mercy

The rescue of a green sea turtle stranded on an Oregon Beach turns into an epic mission involving the public, SeaWorld, and the U.S. Navy.Then a pod of rarely seen spotted dolphins strands on a beach in Florida; and it takes teamwork and perseverance to rescue, rehabilitate, and return them to the Atlantic.

Winter's Tale

A pioneering medical team develops an artificial tail to help a young dolphin that loses her tail fluke to a fishing gear entanglement. Winter the dolphin becomes an inspiration for a young girl with a disability of her own and the star of a Hollywood movie.

Take Two

Two tiny turtle hatchlings wash ashore on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. SeaWorld rescuers go above and beyond to save these endangered hawksbill turtles. Then disentanglement experts must respond not just once, but twice to save the life of Twister the humpback whale who makes a habit of getting stuck in fishing gear.

A Ray of Hope

A loggerhead turtle turns up in a canal at a nuclear power station, and he needs life-saving surgery to remove a large fishhook. Then Apollo the dolphin suffers a terrible sunburn near New Orleans, and it takes months of TLC to make him better!

The Lost Pilots

When a pod of pilot whales strands on Florida’s Atlantic coast, rescuers race to save as many of them as they can. Then they organize an epic nighttime mission to transport the survivors a hundred miles to SeaWorld, Orlando, where they receive long term care!

Not a Second to Lose

A mystery illness spreads through thousands of pelicans when they stop off at a California lake on their migration route. Then a gigantic sea turtle strands on Cape Cod, and it’s a race against time to return this rarely seen leatherback to the ocean!

Someone to Watch Over Them

An adult male sea lion brought into SeaWorld, San Diego, has appalling injuries to one side of his head after being injured by a shotgun. Then a young dolphin is found battered and bruised in shallow water on a beach in Texas. Possibly attacked by wild dolphins, this young guy will need all the love and support rescuers can give him if he is to survive!

Superstorm Superheroes

When Superstorm Sandy batters the East Coast of the U.S., birds are blown thousands of miles off course, and animal shelters are so overwhelmed that rescuers go to extraordinary lengths to save the animals in the eye of the storm.

Landlocked and Lost

Little Joe, the tiniest manatee ever rescued by SeaWorld, makes a habit of getting lost, but fortunately rescuers are there for him each time. While recuperating, he even receives a visit from none other than the President of the United States! Then, when a massive hurricane hits Louisiana, a hapless dolphin is carried two miles inland by a storm surge, and rescuers need every ounce of ingenuity to save him!

The Young and the Helpless

A young, helpless dolphin washes up near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and saving him will take some creative thinking… even the generous offer of a private jet! And then, an abandoned baby manatee swims among the boats in a marina, making it difficult for rescuers to reach him.

Stranded

In the series premiere, rehabilitated and returned to the wild, a pod of stranded whales get assistance and rescuers help a baby dolphin who's caught in a fishing line.

Dangerous Entanglements

Rescuers must wade through alligator infested waters to save a stranded manatee, and a mother manatee suffers an extraordinary injury from an ordinary fishing line.

Whale of a Tale

Join Sam and the Sea Rescue team in this episode as one of the most epic sea mammal rescue efforts in history is prompted by the stranding of a newborn gray whale.

Up a Drain Without a Paddle

A complicated rescue attempt is made when two manatees get stuck in a storm drain. Also, a sea lion is on the run as it tries to evade the police.

The Ones That (Almost) Got Away

A badly wounded sea lion resists a rescue attempt, and doctors discover several surprises in a stranded sea turtle’s x-ray.

Foster Families

An orphaned baby manatee finds a strange surrogate mother, and two other baby manatees become unlikeliest of friends.

Special Delivery

An orphaned pilot whale finds a new home a great distance from where he was first stranded.

Cold Cases

Rescuers risk their lives in raging waters to assist three manatees, and a severe cold front threatens another endangered species.

Penguins in Peril

When an oil spill off the coast of South Africa threatens half the world’s African Penguins, rescuers and volunteers come from all over in an extraordinary effort to save the species, making history as the largest animal rescue operation ever completed!

Strayed from the Sea

A gray whale is found off the coast of California long after their migration is supposed to be over. After several attempts to lead the whale back out to sea, the team realizes something may be very wrong and has to work fast to figure out the problem.

Turtle Travels

A rare and endangered sea turtle winds up 5,000 miles from home after being swept up by an ocean current, and two other Sea Turtles survive their own wild ride to the Pacific Northwest, landing a lucky ticket back from the U.S. Coast Guard!

Dolphins in Danger

Rescuers attempt to save three dolphins on the brink of disaster: A fragile calf being strangled by razor-sharp fishing line; a displaced dolphin trapped in a freshwater lake 100 miles from the ocean; and a critically ill dolphin whose only chance of survival is a radical medical treatment used on humans!

One, Two, Three . . . Rescue!

A humpback whale is dragging a mass of commercial fishing gear in its mouth so a rescue team races to help. Then, an unlucky sea turtle has swallowed not one, not two but three fishing hooks.

Muddy Waters

When a dolphin gets stuck in a muddy inlet, local lifeguards and the SeaWorld Rescue Team join forces to try to save him. Then, an adorable baby sea otter is discovered all alone on a beach in California and rescuers will have to play the role of mother if this precious infant is to have any chance of survival.

An Uncommon Visitor

When the SeaWorld team responds to a report of a young sea lion wandering into a local seafood restaurant they find her curled up in a booth. Then, thousands of rarely seen seabirds called common murres turn up hungry and exhausted on California beaches triggering, a major rescue effort.

Contaminated Waters

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks at four examples of marine life being affected by contaminated water. Pelicans are paralyzed when a lake turns toxic; sea lions are sickened by a toxin in the water; and two ecological disasters strike the San Francisco Bay.

Halloween Heroes

A valiant group of whale rescuers fight to save the life of a humpback whale that’s tangled up in fishing gear. Then, another giant of the deep, a leatherback sea turtle, turns up in a backyard in Florida.

Hard Times

California sea lions have been coming ashore starving and emaciated in record numbers. In this special episode host Matt Gutman and a team of experts go on a journey to share the story of the crisis affecting sea lion pups.

Back from the Brink

When a manatee becomes stuck in water that’s too cold for him to survive, the SeaWorld Rescue Team steps in to save him. Then, we meet the members of a remarkable conservation project that’s trying to save the clapper rail, an endangered coastal bird.

Badge of Courage

The U. S. Coast Guard doesn’t just save people, sometimes it saves animals, and in this story we see some of their most memorable wildlife rescues. Then, faced with a drowning sea turtle, a caring police officer wades into the water to try to save it.

All Tangled Up

A humpback whale is tangled up in commercial fishing gear and it will take a herculean effort by a Canadian rescue team to save this majestic animal. Then, an unfortunate sea lion has a piece of fishing equipment called a “gill net” wrapped around its neck, so the SeaWorld rescue team races to help.

Deep Blue

A very young harbor seal is separated from its mom and without help this pup will die. Then, a loggerhead sea turtle is rescued after an oil spill and the mission begins to save the life of “Big Mama.”

Up, Up, and Away

Four stories feature rescued animals helped by airlifts. Trinity the manatee is found in Texas and needs to get home to Florida; two groups of cold-stunned sea turtles desperately need to be airlifted back to warmer waters; and Turner the rescued dolphin boards a plane to join the US Navy.

Devotion to the Ocean

We look at how discarded plastic is affecting the oceans and marine life. Then, hundreds of sea turtles come ashore close to death in North Carolina because of plunging water temperatures.

Once in a Lifetime

Two rarely seen pygmy killer whales strand in Mississippi and the mission begins to save them. Then, an inquisitive young sea lion climbs into a car and turns on the wipers before the rescue team arrives.

Little Ray of Light

A sea lion is rescued after being bitten by a shark and she’s in desperate need of medical help. Then, a dolphin is stuck in a freshwater bayou, so a rescue team responds.

In With the Tide

A humpback whale is tangled in fishing gear so rescuers race to the scene to help. Then, a sea lion has fishing line wrapped tight around his neck, but reaching him will be a challenge.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

A young harbor seal is stuck in a narrow rocky crevice and if rescuers can’t figure out how to reach him in time, he could drown. Then, severe storms cause a young dolphin to strand on a beach and rescuers make history trying to save him.

Spring Into Action

Four starving sea lion pups are rescued from a Southern California beach, but rescuers have their hands full trying to get them well again. Then, a manatee is struck by a boat on the Florida coast and suffers devastating injuries.

Otterly Amazing

Four stories featuring otters in desperate need of human help. An oiled otter in danger of freezing, two stranded orphans helpless and alone, and one otter in Vancouver suffering from devastating human-caused injuries.

Turning the Tide

A devastating storm approaches a small island in the middle of the Pacific, threatening the lives of thousands of albatross and their chicks. Then, an entangled sea lion evades rescuers for months, but when they finally get to him, his injury is much worse than expected.

Goose on the Loose

A wandering manatee becomes trapped in frigid waters but to save his life, first rescuers will have to find him. Then, a gray seal is stuck in a canal and the team has to pull out all the stops to get him back to his ocean home.

Lucky Streak

A curious seal gets a surprising injury. Then, a manatee is stuck in cold water and if rescuers don’t move quickly, Streak the manatee may not survive.

Cause for Celebration

A young humpback whale becomes entangled in fishing gear along the California coast and rescuers have one chance to free this precious life. Then, a birdwatcher out for a walk with his dog spots a young seal in a field surrounded by a herd of cows.

A Long Trip

A stranded sea lion pup is starving and the rescue team walks several miles to help him. Then, rescuers and a pilot join forces to get a sea turtle named Zero back to his ocean home.

Maternal Instincts

It’s Mother’s Day, but while people celebrate, one manatee mom and her calf are in grave trouble. Then, a loggerhead sea turtle overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds with the help of a dedicated volunteer.

Medical Marvels

Four stories featuring animals with mysterious and challenging ailments that have rescuers pulling out all the stops to get them well again. A mother turtle who gives everything for her hatchlings; a manatee that can’t swim normally; a harbor seal that can’t swallow her food, and another seal that narrowly escaped falling prey to a shark.