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We need YOU to help Open Our Doors!
Exactly two years ago, the National Marine Life Center had a crisis situation. The roof over our rehabilitation facility began to collapse and we had to move out of the building. We put in a massive effort to raise the $3.1 million needed to remove the original building and replace it with a new hospital […]
Giving Thanks
On this Thanksgiving we would like to thank and recognize everyone who has supported the National Marine Life Center over the past year. Through gifts of money, goods, services, and time, YOU make is possible to save marine wildlife, advance science, and inspire conservation through education. YOU make it possible to build our new marine […]
Join us for Harvest Splash
Join us this Thanksgiving Weekend for Harvest Splash! Tour our Marine Animal Discovery Center for exhibits and information about marine wildlife, strandings, and rehabilitation. Peek into our Clinic for a glimpse at Patty, our recovering Diamondback Terrapin. Learn the latest about our new marine animal hospital. Take your photo as a whale, seal, or sea […]
Caring Winter Wonderland at the Bourne Public Library
Help celebrate Christmas in Olde Bourne Village. Come to the Jonathan Bourne Public Library between now and December 15 and place your bid on a variety of uniquely decorated table top Christmas trees, including one to benefit the National Marine Life Center! Our tree and all others will be awarded to the highest bidders on […]
GoodShop for Marine Animals!
We have something new and exciting we’d like to share with you! It’s the new National Marine Life Center GoodSearch/GoodShop toolbar – once added to Internet Explorer or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,300 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to National Marine Life […]
Have you ever seen a turtle this tiny?
Eight tiny new turtles now call the National Marine Life Center their temporary home. These diamondback terrapin youngsters hatched too late in the season to survive the cold winter. Weighing a mere 4.1 grams (0.14 ounces), the smallest hatchling is only 25.4 mm (~ 1 inch) in length. Diamondback terrapins live in salt marshes, mud […]
Vote for NMLC on Facebook and help win $$ to save sea animals!
Chase is giving away $5 million to various charities and is calling on Facebook users to pick which ones. YOU can help save marine animals, advance scientific discovery, and inspire conservation through environmental education – just vote for the National Marine Life Center! Then, ask all your friends to do the same! Here’s the link: […]
Shop & Share at Colony Place
The holidays are about giving, so Colony Place mall in Plymouth has partnered with the National Marine Life Center, the March of Dimes, and other local not-for-profit organizations to help raise money for them and save money for you. By donating $5 to NMLC for a wristband, you’ll get all of the following perks. ~ […]
Roll-up Door
The “working door” of our new hospital was installed today – a roll-up door at the rear of the building through which dolphins, porpoises, and pilot whales will eventually be admitted. Installed by Overhead Door Garage Headquarters, the roll-up steel door is 12 feet tall by 12 feet wide. Eventually, a bridge crane will be […]
Turtle Ward Walls
This week the crew from Target Construction has been busy erecting walls around NMLC’s new sea turtle ward. The walls are made of a moisture and mold resistant drywall affixed to metal studs. A layer of “FRP” (fiberglass reinforced panels) is then glued to the drywall in order to provide a durable, washable surface. Washable […]