Animals
Meet the Permanent Residents of NMLC!
The National Marine Life Center is home to three resident turtles, aside from our usual sea turtle patients. The three residents include two box turtles, Violet and Daisy, as well…
Read MoreFrom Pups to Weanlings: What’s on the Menu?
During peak pupping season for Harbor Seals here at NMLC, our patients are fed every four hours beginning at 7am until 11pm. When Harbor Seal pupping season begins in late…
Read MoreInteractions between Sharks and Seals off the coast of Cape Cod
One of the big draws for tourists to the Cape over the past few years has been the ever growing Grey Seal population. This has also attracted another kind of…
Read MoreOur 100th Seal is HERE!
We are proud to announce that our one hundredth seal has entered our hospital for rehabilitation!! Miley Sealrus, a female gray seal pup, was found in Scituate, MA on March…
Read MoreSix Endangered Sea Turtles Returned Home!
Although they will be missed by the dedicated staff and volunteers here at the National Marine Life Center, we are happy to announce that in the first release of the…
Read MoreNMLC’s 12 Needs of Christmas- think of the animals this holiday season
It’s the holiday season, time to think of those in need! Please remember the seals and sea turtles that need your help this season as well. While you are out…
Read MoreIs it a turtle, a terrapin, or a tortoise?
Recently, the National Marine Life Center welcomed Lindsay, a diamondback terrapin, to the family. Two Eastern box turtles, Daisy and Violet, are also NMLC residents in the Discovery Center. Next…
Read MoreKemp’s Ridley Beginnings
If you have visited the National Marine Life Center before, you might have had chance to meet some of our Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle patients. Kemp’s Ridleys travel to the…
Read More16 Sea Turtles Headed to Release
the National Marine Life Center will release 16 rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species in the world, in Florida on Monday. These juvenile turtles were…
Read MoreReflecting on a Successful Turtle Season
The 2014-2015 Cold-Stunned Sea Turtle Stranding will be remembered as a historic, record-breaking event. Over 1,235 sea turtles – Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and loggerheads – washed ashore along the beaches…
Read MoreShades of Grey Seal
This spring has been filled with many shades of grey in the National Marine Life Center’s marine animal hospital. Grey seals that is. Our staff and volunteers have been working…
Read More“Kempocalypse” T-Shirt Honors an Extraordinary Year!
1,234 sea turtles. Mostly Kemp’s ridleys. People from all over Massachusetts and the country stepping up to help. The 2014-2015 Cape Cod sea turtle stranding season has been unprecedented. Three…
Read MoreA Turtle Tale
There’s still time left to help! 2014 has been a historic year for sea turtle strandings on Cape Cod, with an unprecedented number of animals coming ashore. Most have been…
Read MoreKennedy’s Story
Meet Kennedy. This weanling female harbor seal was brought to the National Marine Life Center on October 14, after stranding in Rye, New Hampshire suffe ring from a broken jaw…
Read MoreTurtles, turtles galore!
2014 is a historic year for sea turtle strandings, with unprecedented number coming ashore. To date, nearly 1,200 have stranded. These numbers have put a strain not only on our…
Read MoreDiamondback Terrapin Release!
This past Wednesday, National Marine Life Center staff and volunteers took a little road trip down to Lieutenant Island, Mass Audubon Welfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to release three of our Diamondback…
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