As New England Aquarium researcher Monica Zani flew low over the right whale, she saw big, bubbling pools of blood coming up alongside the thrashing fifty-foot endangered whale. She thought the worst fearing a massive injury from a vessel strike. Rolando Salmon, the pilot of the small spotting plane, quickly started circling the distressed whale [...]
At the New England Aquarium, an Anaconda has some babies on January 1, 2008:
A great look back at a New England commercial from the 70′s: “The New England Aquarium – Where Families Get Together.”
Most Bostonians usually see turtles at the New England Aquarium, but a new aquarium ad campaign and contest suggests that turtles can be seen in many of the objects all around us. Some of the remarkable likenesses of turtles used in a new marketing campaign include a stunning close-up of two water droplets on a [...]
Just as the first North Atlantic right whales are spotted making their seasonal migration from New England waters to their calving grounds off Florida and Georgia, these critically endangered animals are finally getting protection Tuesday from fast moving ships that accidentally kill or injure the majestic animals along the East Coast. On Dec. 9, the [...]
A New England Aquarium diver has performed the aquatic version of finding a needle in a haystack by finding a lost wedding ring in the Aquarium’s four-story, 200,000-gallon Giant Ocean Tank more than three months after it was lost. In early July, a guest diver lost his wedding ring while petting a 560-pound sea turtle [...]
Seals at the New England Aquarium will have a new home next summer as construction has begun on a new marine mammal exhibit on the harbor-side of the Aquarium in downtown Boston. The innovative, new space will be called the New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center in honor of a lead gift of over $3 [...]
One of the great gifts to the world in 2008 was the preservation of a massive oceanic ecosystem in the central Pacific that surrounds some of the most pristine coral reefs on the planet. Doubled in size this past winter, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area is now the world’s largest ocean reserve and covers an [...]
In mid-September, Dr. Greg Stone of the New England Aquarium in Boston will be leading an expedition to investigate the underwater mountains of Sea of Cortez off the Mexican coast. On board, the research vessel Argo will be oceanographers, submarine operators, underwater photographers and all kinds of technical staff to insure the safety of the [...]
The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world’s largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) conserves one of the Earth’s last intact oceanic coral [...]