Category: Featured
Mermaid Ball Committee Co-Chairs: Our Three Leading Ladies!
Mermaids and Mermen, I present to you our 2015 Mermaid Ball Co-Chairs: Lorna Ciavola, Christine Bruno, and Ashley Bolbrock! Like the saying goes, all good things come in threes, and we can’t wait to see the success of this magnificent trio. Over the past week I’ve been lucky enough to chat with these ladies and […]
Polish Up Your Flippers, It’s Mermaid Ball Planning Time!
After many years of wishing upon shooting stars and tossing pennies in fountains, my dream of becoming a mermaid is finally coming true. Thanks to my summer internship with the National Marine Life Center, I am officially a member of the 2015 Mermaid Ball Committee! As a public outreach intern, I have been given the […]
Reflecting 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 of Cape Cod Bay after succumbing to the chilly waters at the turn of the season. In a typical winter, Cape Cod might see 100-200 […]
Congratulations, Feet, Fins, & Flippers 5K Participants!
It was a beautiful day for a race! Under crisp, sunny skies, 250 runners and walkers were cheered on by dozens of supporters as they ran, walked, jogged, strolled, and rolled to help marine animals! Thank you to all the runners, walkers, supporters, sponsors, donors, and volunteers who helped make our 2015 Feet, Fins & […]
Welcome 2015 Summer Interns
Another summer is upon us, and with it brings a new batch of summer interns ready to get their feet wet in the fields of marine animal rehabilitation, non-profit management, and public outreach and education. Each year we anxiously await the arrival of our interns as they are an integral part of our team from […]
Shades 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 tirelessly to care for six different grey seal cases. Grey seals are known in the hospital for their feisty personalities so with the 2015 herbs and […]
The Pups Are Coming- Spring Pup “Shower”
This long dreary winter is finally coming to a close, and that means one thing at the National Marine Life Center- the harbor seal pups are on their way. Late April-June is harbor seal pupping season in New England and one of the busiest times for our rehabilitation staff. Each year many pups are abandoned […]
Sea Turtle #Ride2Release 2015
This marks the second year of the infamous #Ride2Release adventure down to the Florida coast in releasing our Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles. This year due to the Kempocalypse of >1200 turtle strandings, we packed the IFAW van to the brim with our Kemp’s – a total of 14 healthy sea animals. A great thanks to […]
April Vacation Week Activities
Join the National Marine Life Center this April Vacation Week for a variety of fun and educational ocean activities! We’ll be open April 18–26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Our education programs include Little Flippers Club, Marine Animal Medical Mystery, a brand new program called Tending Turtles, and Patient Update. Programs run Monday through Saturday, […]
2015 Sea Turtle Ride to Release
Cape Cod, Massachusetts is a stranding hotspot for critically endangered sea turtles. The geography of the Cape is such that it juts out into the ocean and acts as a hook that traps southbound migrating sea turtles. Once they are trapped in the arm of Cape Cod they are exposed to decreasing water temperatures and […]
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🍨 New Patient Alert 🍨 Meet Rum Raisin! Rum Raisin is a female harbor seal weanling who was rescued by our friends at Seacoast Science
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We've made it to Wednesday folks, so you know we are ready to go with this week's #WishlistWednesday post! The number one item at the
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It's #turtletuesday time!