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Registration Open for the 2013 Feet, Fins & Flippers 5K!

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Registration is now open for the 2012 Feet, Fins, and Flippers 5K! Use your FEET to help our FINNED and FLIPPERED friends! Join runners, walkers, and animal-lovers in a 5K run/walk to raise money for the National Marine Life Center! This is a fun, family oriented event. Date: Sunday, May 26, 2013 Time: 9:00 am […]

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Checking In: Patient Update!

Carolyn

The staff at the National Marine Life Center are always working around the clock to take care of our patients in the marine hospital at the NMLC in hopes that they will one day be released to their natural habitats in the wild. Currently the marine hospital is housing eight sea turtles, 9 red bellied […]

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Sea Turtles, Manatees and Seals, Oh My!

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February vacation week is in full effect so stop by and show your love for marine life at the National Marine Life Center! We are having daily education programs featuring a new animal each day. Tomorrow February 20th we will be learning about Manatees, the oceans gentle giant. Thursday February 21st, and Saturday February 23rd […]

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Love is in the air, the sea, and the National Marine Life Center!

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February is a month dedicated to love, what better way to show your love for marine life than visiting the National Marine Life Center this February vacation week! We will be running events all week long kicking off with our Open House “For the Love of Turtles” on Saturday, February 16th from 10 AM to […]

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Audition Notice – Murder “Seals” the Deal

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Casting (non-Equity) for MURDER SEALS THE DEAL, a comic mystery play performed at Mezza Luna Restaurant in Buzzards Bay on April 7, 2013, to benefit the National Marine Life Center (www.nmlc.org).  The Playwright/ Director’s work has been produced in New York, London, Edinburgh, and Australia. Piece is a comic mystery with five roles.  Actors must […]

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Murder & Comedy To Raise Funds for Marine Life Hospital

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The National Marine Life Center is delighted to announce a murder mystery dinner fundraiser, taking place at Mezza Luna, 253 Main Street, Buzzards Bay on Sunday, April 7, 2013.  The play, Murder “Seals” the Deal, was created specifically for the event, inspired by the Marine Life Center’s mission and commitment — but pushing some comic […]

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Upcoming Release: Major Margaret “Hotlips” Houlihan

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The National Marine Life Center is please to announce that Major Margaret “Hotlips” Houlihan has been cleared for release by our attending veterinarian and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The release event will take place on Sunday January 13th, 2013 at 10am at Scussett Beach at the end of Scussett Beach Rd in Sagamore, MA, […]

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Marine Animal Adoption Packages Now Available! Great Holiday Gift!

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Just in time for the holidays the National Marine Life Center is excited to launch its new marine animal adoption program. You can select one of our current marine animal patients to adopt for a loved one or yourself this holiday season. This is the perfect gift for the animal lover, conservationist, or person who […]

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A Salty-Sweet Farewell

Where do I begin? I am a full-time student at Bridgewater State University where I major in business management with a concentration in marketing and minor in public relations. About four months ago, I contacted Kathy regarding a public relations practicum at the National Marine Life Center for a course I was enrolled in at BSU. The course required that […]

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Meet the Turtles!

Betsy

Eight new Kemp’s ridley sea turtle patients have arrived at the National Marine Life Center, thus marking another milestone as the first sea turtles in our new marine animal hospital. All eight animals stranded on Cape Cod beaches this November suffering from having been cold-stunned. Cold-stunning is a form of severe hypothermia that impacts these […]

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