National Marine Life Center

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Jan 7, 2012

Dine for Marine Life at the Dan’l Webster!

Dine in style and help marine life at the same time! On January 26th, the Dan’l Webster Inn & Spa will donate 15% of your total food and beverage bill to the National Marine Life Center! You can eat a wonderful breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner and your meal will be even more delicious because you will be supporting NMLC’s marine animal rehabilitation, science, and education programs. Simply...

Posted by Kate Shaffer on Jan 6, 2012

Catching up on Catch-22

Catch-22 is a Red Bellied Cooter that came to the NMLC back in May, 2010 as a 9-month old hatchling. Originally part of the State’s turtle head-start program at another facility, Catch was not able to be released with the rest of his “classmates”. At the head-start turn-in event Catch was observed have a fungus like growth on his shell. He was also lethargic and minimally responsive. The...

Posted by Sea Rogers Williams on Jan 5, 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month – Case January 2012

Around 100 of these specimens were found in the blow hole and stomach of a Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) that stranded on Cape Cod, MA. The whale died but the worms were still alive at necropsy. Take a look at the pictures and answer the following questions. What are they ? Is there any risk in handling them ? What is the best way to handle them ? chime in with your comments, I’ll post the...

Posted by Sea Rogers Williams on Jan 5, 2012

Marine Mammal Parasite of the Month

As part of our grant to study the parasites of marine mammals, we are committed to educating the stranding network about the identity and significance of common marine mammal parasites. Dicionary.com defines a parasite this way. par·a·site noun 1. an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from which body it obtains nutriments. Not too...

Posted by Kristen on Dec 8, 2011

The 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

Last week I had the opportunity to attend (for my first time) the 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals organized by the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The conference took place from November 27-Dec 2nd in beautiful downtown Tampa, FL. Kicking off the conference was an icebreaker event at the Florida Aquarium on Sunday night, which sadly, I missed due to arriving in town too late to...

Posted by Kate Shaffer on Nov 22, 2011

Summer Internship Program -Now Accepting Applications for 2012

The National Marine Life Center is seeking qualified students to fill our summer internship positions. Summer interns will assist NMLC staff and volunteers with education projects and animal care. See below for the complete details or click on the NMLC Internship Announcement 2012. Summer Internship Opportunity The National Marine Life Center (NMLC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Nov 8, 2011

Arizona students hold talent show to help marine animals

Over two thousand miles away from Cape Cod, in the heart of the Navajo Nation, students at the Pinon Accelerated Middle School recently held a talent show to raise money for the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital. Stating he “saw a sticker on a box,” one student researched NMLC on the internet and suggested the talent show fundraiser to the Student Council. Another...

Posted by Kathy Zagzebski on Nov 7, 2011

Eat pizza, help feed the turtles!

Uno Chicago Grill is having a year-long “dough raiser” to help the National Marine Life Center! From now until next September, simply bring this flyer into their Hyannis store or bring this flyer into their Chicagoland stores and Uno will donate 20% of your check – including beverages – to help feed and take care of sick and injured sea turtles at NMLC! You can dine in or take...