Animals
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…
Read MoreSeal 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…
Read MoreThe 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.…
Read MoreMarine Life of the Cape Cod Canal: The Right Whale
After a full day volunteering in the hospital, I had the privilege of hearing Lindsay Hirst talk about her passion: the North Atlantic Right Whale. I learned a lot about…
Read MoreThomas C. McGowen Fund For Animals Awards NMLC with Grant Funds
The National Marine Life Center in honored to report that we will be the recipient of $5,000 in funding from the Thomas C. McGowen Fund for Animals in 2014. The…
Read MoreSea Turtle Surprise
Before I started interning with NMLC I had never before considered working with sea turtles. It’s not that I did not like turtles but more simply that my attention was…
Read MoreAnimal Adoptions- A Great Holiday Gift
The holiday are approaching and what better way to support marine animal rehabilitation at the National Marine Life Center than to purchase an animal adoption for your friends and loved…
Read MoreTen Turtles Arrive at NMLC
Last week, ten new Kemp’s ridley sea turtle patients arrived at the National Marine Life Center. All stranded on Cape Cod within the past month suffering from cold-stunning or severe…
Read MoreCape Cod Cold Stunning
As winter draws nearer and water temperatures begin to drop the Northeastern coasts see a greater influx of sea turtle strandings. The number of sea turtle strandings, especially in the…
Read MoreShark Bite or Boat Strike?
Ever since the admission of our newest patient, Triton the grey seal, we have had a lot of questions regarding the wounds on his body. At first, we thought these wounds…
Read MoreCommon Dolphon Necropsy- An Interns Experience
Common Dolphins, also refereed to as Saddleback Dolphins, are one of many cetaceans that inhabit coastal New England. Cetaceans are streamlined and typically have a dorsal fin on the center…
Read MoreWhat is Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD)
Reptiles require sunlight to truly flourish. Most reptile species do not absorb Vitamin D very well, so exposure to ultraviolet light is needed for reptiles to manufacture their own Vitamin…
Read MoreSea Turtles Fight Fickle New England Weather
It’s early November and we’re already finding ourselves warming the cars, scraping the windshield, and dodging the ice cold rain. As you contemplate your move south for the 30 second…
Read MoreSeal of Approval – NMLC Receives Approval to Rehabilitate Seals
YIPPEE, YAHOO, HOORAY! The National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital is officially open to seal patients! On Friday the National Marine Life Center became a designee under the…
Read MoreNational Marine Life Center Paper Published in Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
The National Marine Life Center (NMLC) is pleased to announce the publication of a peer reviewed scientific paper, written by Dr. Charles Rogers Williams, in the field of wildlife rehabilitation,…
Read MoreTemperature Effects on Sea Turtle Sex Ratios and the Potential Impact of Climate Change
Admittedly, I know very little about sea turtles. After starting my internship at the National Marine Life Center I decided to order a book specifically dedicated to the biology and…
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