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Amos Rehabilitation Keep - ARK at UT Marine Science Institute

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Amos Rehabilitation Keep
(Formerly the Animal Rehabilitation Keep)
750 Channel View Drive
Port-A, TX Edith S. McAllister Animal Rehabilitation Keep

11/05/2026

A year ago, a hail storm devastated Shamrock Island and hundreds of birds were rescued as a result of the storm. Today, we surveyed the pelicans around Shamrock Island and found huge numbers of Brown Pelicans, the primary species affected by the storm, and within them were 4 of our hail storm rehab survivors! These four birds had varying injuries from bruising to fractured bones!

11/03/2026

Wow! Here is the entire collection of the 20 beautiful sea turtles going up for auction Saturday night Nov 7! Thank you to the 20 sponsors and amazing artists who made this happen! Hope to see you at the Civic Center at 6 pm!

11/02/2026

This Clapper Rail was found hanging from a barbed wire fence this morning along State Highway 361. Staff were able to safely remove the bird from the fencing and Dr. Whitaker has already sutured up the wound by his leg! The bird is already up and walking around, recovered from anesthesia, and is on antibiotics and pain medication!

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween!! 🎃 🦉

10/30/2026

This American Coot was found about a week ago at the Flint Hills refinery and transported to us by Texas State Aquarium Wildlife Rescue staff. The bird had no fractures or wounds, but did have intestinal parasites. We treated these and returned him back to marshland in Corpus Christi today where other coots were seen nearby!

10/29/2026

Our post-hatchling washback turtles are growing and doing well! They represent 4 species, photographed here: Loggerhead, Green, Hawksbill, and Kemp’s Ridley!

10/28/2026

This female Ruby-throated Hummingbird spent almost 2 weeks in care after colliding with a window at a condominium building near the ARK! After cage rest and supportive care for a suspected minor coracoid fracture, she was released today!

10/27/2026

Today, we released this American White Pelican which was originally found last winter with a severe entanglement injury to the right wing and transferred to us by Gulf Coast Wildlife Rescue. The bird's releasability was questionable due to the extent of the wound, but everything healed up well and the bird was doing laps in our pelican flight aviary! We waited until some other white pelicans began showing up for the winter and then released him with approval from the Port Aransas Parks & Rec Department at Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center. He immediately swam over and joined another white pelican who was in the reeds and when we left, they were fishing together!

10/26/2026

We are just days away from "Last Call" for our head count to the caterer! Please call this week to reserve tickets!

10/24/2026

This Laughing Gull (Patient # 2026-1446) was found with monofilament coming from his mouth and tethered to a boardwalk railing by staff. Upon taking radiographs, it was discovered the gull had a large circle hook in the GI. The gull underwent a surgical procedure to remove the hook and was back up and flying in no time!

Address

750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas, TX
78373

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 12:30pm
	1:30pm - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	8:30am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://utmsi.utexas.edu/about/facilities/ark

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