Author: Sam U

The end of an amazing summer…

Aug 13, 2014 education

I cannot believe that this summer is coming to an end. There are so many things that I wish to communicate about my amazing summer, and I know that one blog entry will not do any of it justice. Interning at the National Marine Life Center completely made my summer and gave me friends and […]

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Saying Goodbye to Shawn- He Came He Served He Will be Greatly Missed

Jul 31, 2014 AmeriCorps Cape Cod

For the past two years the National Marine Life Center has served as a service partner for Americorp Cape Cod. This is a tremendous honor where an Americorp service member works at NMLC for seven months from October-July two days per week. Each year we grow to know and love our Americorp members and saying […]

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Diamondback Terrapin Release!

Jul 7, 2014 Bubbles

This past Wednesday,  National Marine Life Center staff and volunteers took a little road trip down to Lieutenant Island,  Mass Audubon Welfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to release three of our Diamondback Terrapins – Penny, Schofield, and Bubbles. The three terrapins had all been victims of cold stunning, meaning that their internal body temperatures had dropped dangerously […]

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Meet Rose!

Jun 19, 2014 Cape Cod Canal

Meet Rose!Rose is our newest patient here at the NMLC.  Little Rose was found in Star Island, NH.  She was watched and observed for many days to make sure that her mother was not coming back before being rescued and brough to our facility by the Seacoast Science Center.  When Rose first came to the […]

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Meet Barclay!

Jun 3, 2014 Barclay

Meet Barclay! Barclay is our newest patient at the National Marine Life Center. He is a harbor seal pup that stranded in Maine and was rescued by Marine Mammals of Maine. He was brought to our center for rehabilitation and (hopefully) eventual release back into the wild. He still had his umbilical cord attached when […]

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How do you help stranded marine animals?

May 29, 2014 NOAA

It is the mission of the National Marine Life Center to rehabilitate stranded marine mammals and return them to the wild, and we would not be able to that without the help of the public! Stranded seal pups like Belmont and Barclay would not be in our facilities if they had not been reported to […]

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