New England Aquarium

More sea turtles that washed ashore on Cape Cod months ago have been released back into the ocean after being rehabilitated by the New England Aquarium. The seven Kemp’s ridley sea turtles were released back into waters off Cape Cod early Thursday morning after a lengthy recovery process, the aquarium said in a release. The Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay...

Sea turtles are moving north as waters off northern New England warm, but when the seasons change and water temperatures drop they can become cold-stunned and unable to leave.

This week the New England Aquarium released 10 rehabilitated sea turtles back into the waters of Cape Cod. It was the earliest date ever to release the turtles because of rising surface temperatures. Rescue and rehabilitation manager Adam Kennedy showed us how they care for the reptiles at the sea turtle hospital in Quincy earlier in the day. After seven…

This group was rehabilitated at the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy. Researchers will track them and study their movements back in the wild.

Ten sea turtles were released back into the waters off West Dennis Beach in West Dennis, Massachusetts Wednesday. The animals were rescued from the shores in November and December after they were cold-stunned – a common problem for turtles in colder water that can lead to hypothermia, pneumonia, bone fractures and other life-threatening health problems. Aquarium officials said treatments can…

An alarming number of sea turtles are stranded in Cape Cod Bay every winter and wash up on our shores barely alive. Every year, more and more sea turtles are coming to our waters to feed in the summer months. Cape Cod Bay, which is part of the Gulf of Maine, is one of the fastest-warming bodies of ocean water…

Rising sea temperatures are to blame.

An endangered sea turtle is back in the ocean after more than a year of rehabilitation at aquariums in Boston and Mississippi. The Mississippi Aquarium released the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Typhoon on Thursday into the Mississippi Sound at Biloxi. Kemp’s ridleys are the world’s smallest sea turtles and the most endangered of those found in U.S. waters....

Sea turtle strandings on Cape Cod are picking up after a slow start to the season, experts at the New England Aquarium said Monday. The aquarium has so far cared for almost 120 of the animals at its Quincy turtle hospital, the vast majority of which have been endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles. But scientists have also treated eight green turtles…

Deco, an African Penguin, was born at the New England Aquarium on Aug. 26, 1981, making Thursday the day she turns 40, the Boston institution said.

It is incredibly difficult for scientists to observe sharks mating in their natural habitat, since it rarely happens close to the surface. Luckily, there is an island area just off the coast of Florida that’s a regular hot spot for underwater coupling.

Tatoosh, the giant Pacific octopus at the New England Aquarium, has died. Giant Pacific octopuses only live three to five years on average, according to the aquarium. They die quickly after entering the “senescence” phase of their lives. The eight-pound octopus made his debut at the aquarium back in September 2020, according to the aquarium. View a Virtual Visit in…

Multiple Boston museums and the New England Aquarium are now requiring masks.

Four Boston museums and the New England Aquarium are instituting mask mandates for all visitors starting Saturday, regardless of vaccination status, the organizations announced.  The Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium will all require guests older than five-years-old to wear masks while indoors. “We want...

Overfishing is a problem across our oceans and especially in Massachusetts – years of overfishing depleted the very fishery that gave so Cape Cod its name. The World Wildlife Fund says that 39% of fish stocks are overfished, and that includes sharks.  In decades past, shore-based recreational fishing for sandbar sharks on Cape Cod rose in popularity to a point…

The New England Aquarium honored a ‘late gate’ ticket that was nearly 40 years old. Rachel Carle got the ticket from her Great Aunt Kit who kept it safe in her wallet for all those years.

The New England Aquarium in Boston accepted an entrance ticket on Thursday first purchased in 1983. The Boston Herald reports 26-year-old Rachel Carle picked up the ticket from her great aunt, Catherine Cappiello who had held on to it for over 37 years. Cappiello arrived to visit the aquarium near closing time all those years ago and got the “late…

Whales are known as the “gentle giants of the sea,” so how often are people actually swallowed by one, like the Massachusetts lobster diver who survived his encounter this week?

A man survived after spending at least 30 seconds in the mouth of a whale off the coast of Cape Cod.

A man lived to tell a whale of a tale after spending at least 30 seconds in the mouth of a humpback. The TEN explores his story, looks at previous whale encounters and explains why it’s no surprise the animal spat him out.