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Rabies Task Force To Distribute Oral Vaccine Baits

April 16, 2024

BARNSTABLE - The Cape Cod & Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services are notifying … [Read more...]

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Bird Flu is Decimating Seal Colonies. Scientists Don’t Know How to Stop It

March 24, 2024

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: animals, Avian Flu, Avian Influenza, bird flu, Cape Cod News, Cape News, Marine, seals, wildlife

Baby Shark: New England Aquarium Celebrates 100th Epaulette Shark to Hatch Since 2012

February 22, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy39o3RazF4 New England Aquarium is celebrating the hatching of their 100th epaulette shark, the latest juvenile in … [Read more...]

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VIDEO: Lyra Brennan, from Mass Audubon, Discusses Shorebirds from Terns to Piping Plovers

December 15, 2023

https://youtu.be/C_6s8MxPznU It was a great year for Piping Plover pairs, says experts with the Mass Audubon. Lyra Brennan, Director of the Coastal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: beaches, birds, Cape Cod, Coast, Lyra Brennan, Mass Audubon, News, piping plovers, Plovers, Shores, Video, Wild life, wildlife

Center for Coastal Studies Receives $2.7M to Fight Ghost Gear

September 12, 2023

PROVINCETOWN - The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown has been awarded over $2.7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter, Top Story Tagged With: animals, Center for Coastal Studies, Entanglements, environment, Marine, noaa, ocean, Provincetown, Sea, Sealife, wildlife

Shark Research Improving on Cape & Islands

July 21, 2023

NANTUCKET - As the summer months continue on the Cape & Islands, local researchers are putting an emphasis on improving methods to deduct the most … [Read more...]