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Meet 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 […]
Feet, Fins, and Flippers 5K Race
On behalf of everyone at the National Marine Life Center, we would like to extend a sincere thank you to the Bourne community for helping to make this year’s “Feet, Fins, and Flippers 5K” a success. Over 260 runners, walkers, sponsors, and supporters stepped up to help our finned and flippered friends! Participants ranged from experienced racers seeking […]
How do you help stranded marine animals?
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 […]
Congratulations, Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K Participants!
It was a great day for a race! Under temperate but overcast skies, 239 runners and walkers were cheered on by dozens of supporters as they raced to help marine animals! Thank you to all the runners, walkers, supporters, sponsors, donors, and volunteers who helped make our 2014 Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K a success! […]
This Weeks Update
It was an exciting week here at the National Marine Life Center as the whole team was hard at work! I would like to start out by saying how grateful I am to be working with such an enthusiastic team including staff members, volunteers, and fellow interns. Everyone here is truly dedicated in helping to […]
Seal Season
The NMLC has just gotten its first seal pup — Belmont. He is every bit as adorable as I imagined, but his arrival makes me wonder about seal births and stranding. Seals give birth on land, and they will leave the pup on shore when they hunt (despite its being able to swim). It is […]
The Horseshoe Crab
The horseshoe crab (family Limulidae) is a strange creature that remains a fascinating topic for scientists everywhere. They are not “crabs”, but living fossils. Today, they still resemble their Jurassic relatives. They are some of the favorite food items of sea turtles along the East coast. There are five pairs legs under the horseshoe-shaped body. All […]
Please welcome the first new patient of 2014!
On April 30th 2014 around 1pm, Seacoast Science Center staff arrived with our first new patient of 2014! “Belmont” is a harbor seal pup that was found at Seabrook Hampton Harbor in New Hampshire. The pup is probably only a day old because it still has it’s umbilicus attached and has not yet shed it’s […]
Ride to Release: Photo Journal
On the morning of Sunday April 13th 2014, seven endangered Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles were readied for a 24-hour trek to Jacksonville, Florida where they would be released. Cherry (#32), Raphael (#34), Julia (#35), Thetis (#36), Marina (#37), Shosho (#38), and Squirt (#39) were admitted to the National Marine Life Center in November […]
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It's Wednesday ya'll, so you know we are back with another #wishlistwednesday posting! The items that made their way to the top of the list
National Marine Life Center updated their cover photo.
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We're just one month away from the 2024 Cape Cod Wildlife Festival! Come join us Saturday, September 14th at the Mass Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife