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Pirate Tree at Jonathan Bourne Public Library
Ahoy, Mateys! Instead of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick, how ’bout the Jolly Roger? For enough doubloons, you can win yerself a genu-wine Pirate Tree! Just head yerself over to the Jonathan Bourne Public Library ‘n bid on the National Marine Life Center’s Pirate Tree. While yer at it, check out all the other great trees […]
Holiday Splash – Dec 11
Join us for a day of free family fun at our annual Holiday Splash Open House! Date: December 11th Time: 12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m. Place: 120 Main Street, Buzzards Bay Event includes face painting, education on marine life, kids’ crafts, snacks and beverages, bake sale items, and an opportunity to meet and take a […]
Marine Life Tree at Highfield Hall
‘Tis the season to deck the halls, and we’ve been having fun. Highfield Hall in Falmouth invited the National Marine Life Center to decorate a tree with a marine animal theme. Adorned with decorations generously loaned by Twig’s of Falmouth (178 Main Street, Falmouth), the tree is an underwater delight! Nestled under the tree are […]
A Different Kind of Needlework
Last week we told you about the new seal jump net installed on one of our rehabilitation tanks. This net is important to prevent animals from getting out of the tank. We had a few holes in the net, and thankfully Captain Edward Bruce, Staff Associate for Marine Operations at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, came […]
Feeding Time
It’s always fun to watch animals eating, and the red-bellied cooter hatchlings are no exception. Overwintering at NMLC as part of a MassWildlife headstart program to help the species recover, these endangered fresh-water turtles are fed a diet of red-leaf and romaine lettuce supplemented by “turtle vitamins” called ReptoMin®. Food amounts are controlled and the […]
Maximizing flexibility….
As we’ve been designing our new marine animal hospital, we’ve tried to take into account the fact that stranding numbers vary greatly from year to year. Although we have designed certain patient wards specifically for certain groups of animals, we also want to be able to house other animals in those pools as necessary. To […]
Fall Cleanup by Upper Cape Tech Students!
We are blessed to have the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School right here in our back yard. This week, they helped cleanup NMLC’s front yard! Students from Upper Cape Tech’s Horticulture and Landscape Contracting shop came out and weeded, raked, dug, cleaned, trimmed, smoothed, and swept our front gardens. And the results are […]
Welcome Kate!
Kate Shaffer has joined the National Marine Life Center as our new Animal Care Technician and Facilities Coordinator. Prior to her post as Animal Care & Facilities Coordinator, Kate worked for Volusia County Environmental Management in Deland, Florida as the Manatee Protection Program Associate and the Marine Mammal Stranding Team Coordinator. Kate coordinated team response […]
Connecting the Pump House
As we move towards opening the first patient ward of our new marine animal hospital, one of the remaining tasks was connecting the Life Support System Pump House to the hospital. On a wonderful Fall morning, workers from R&H Construction, Village Plumbing, and W.W. Reich proceeded to do just that! They dug a hole to […]
Moving Catch-22
“Catch-22” is a Northern red-bellied cooter, an endangered species of fresh-water turtle native to Massachusetts. NMLC is a partner with MassWildlife in their efforts to restore the species. We admitted Catch in June because of white lesions on his carapace. Through testing, we’ve identified the lesions as a fungal infection but three different diagnostic laboratories […]
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Our entangled grey seal, Salty (Salted Caramel) has been released! There are a few easy identifiers should you see her in the wild, starting with
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Salted Caramel has left the building! Tonight we released our juvenile grey seal, Salty. Salty was severely entangled in fishing gear and admitted to our
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Mondays are better when you're in the pool! Cherry Garcia continues to do well. He is still undergoing treatment for the abscesses in his rear