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Seal Stranding Response!
Over the past couple of weeks the National Marine Life Center’s staff and interns have been involved with monitoring a number of stranded seals around the Cape. There are four species of seals that live on Cape Cod: the hooded seal, the harp seal, the harbor seal and the gray seal. Two of these animals […]
Sea Turtles! Part 3: Leatherbacks, Loggerheads, and Greens.
This blog is intended to be a continuation of my sea turtle series, so for basic information about sea turtle biology and behavior you can check out Sea Turtles Part 1 and if you’re interested in the threats that sea turtles face including disease, parasites, predators and human impacts you can go see Sea Turtles […]
Sea Turtles! Part 2: Disease, Predators and Conservation
As you may have read in my previous blog (Sea Turtles Part 1) or in Alexa’s blog (New England Aquarium Adventure), the National Marine Life Center interns took a trip to the New England Aquarium last week. While we were there, we animal nerds got our fill of marine life from all over the […]
Eat Pizza, Raise Dough for NMLC!
Feed a marine animal pizza? Not a good idea. Eat pizza to help marine animals? Excellent! Uno Chicago Grill in Hyannis is sponsoring a “dough raiser” for the National Marine Life Center. On Wednesday, July 20 and Saturday, July 23, they will donate up to 20% of your check to NMLC. Just present this ticket […]
Sea Turtles! Part 1: General Sea Turtle Biology and Behavior
My ultimate goal for interning at the National Marine Life Center this summer is to get some marine animal care and education experience for my future. In two years I will be entering graduate school, and looking to further my education in sea turtle conservation. On Monday, the other interns and I took a […]
What’s the Difference Between Seals and Sea Lions?
As part of our summer internship responsibilities, we are required to complete a project that will be useful to the NMLC after we’ve gone back to school. I’m doing a three-part “What’s the Difference?” educational poster/presentation series on seals v. sea lions, dolphins v. porpoises, and toothed whales v. baleen whales. I’m nearing completion of […]
Purple Turtle Productions Releases Educational Video for NMLC
After three years in the making, Purple Turtle Productions, Inc. along with the National Marine Life Center has launched an exciting, new, educational kids’ program. Cool Stuff: Sea Turtles of the North East is a fun and informative video that takes viewers on an educational tour of the National Marine Life Center. Animated sequences along […]
Bourne Recycling Center Reopens Better Than Ever!
My first weekend in Buzzards Bay, I had the opportunity to become a more educated person by visiting the new and improved Bourne Recycling Center. For those that may not have heard, the Bourne recycling center is opening a new facility, which is really very impressive. As an intern for the NMLC, I’m trying to learn as much as […]
The Critter Tank and the Nitrogen Cycle
At the National Marine Life Center, one of the interns’ responsibilities is taking care of the “critter tank” in the Discovery Center. The critter tank is a great opportunity for kids to come see some of the common coastal animal and plant species that live in Cape Cod. A couple weeks ago, Brittany and I […]
Gray seals under fire on Cape Cod
Great white sharks may not be the only predators local gray seals are facing this summer. Over the last six weeks, five adult gray seals were found shot on Cape Cod beaches from Dennis to Chatham. Biologists from the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Marine Mammal Rescue and Research team discovered the cases in the […]