Sea Turtles in Massachusetts Waters: Mass Audubon’s Year-round Rescue, Recovery, Research and Boater Outreach Programs Join us when we welcome Massachusetts Audubon Sea Turtle Stranding Coordinator Karen Dourdeville. Let’s hear about the efforts Mass Audubon is working on to protect these incredible animals in our waters. Karen Dourdeville is actively involved in sea turtle research…
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Join us for a mid-autumn hike where we will look for what mushrooms are still fruiting. We will chat about basic anatomy and diagnostic features for identifying mushrooms as well as how to identify a few beginner edible mushrooms and their closest non-edible look-alikes. Some potential species of fungi we may see at this time…
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Amateur Archeologist Jim Pierson will be sharing his collection of specimens, showing us some techniques to help with searching for artifacts, as well as exploring the museum’s collection.
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Benjamin Grassian is a Postdoctoral Investigator from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution working with imaging, acoustic and net data collected during the Ocean Twilight Zone project. He is working with zooplankton image data collected from the “Stingray” and shipboard acoustic data. He focuses on describing the variable Diel Vertical Migration habits for different groups of animals.
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New England winters are a harsh and deadly environment. For a cold-blooded animal, such as an insect, ice, snow, and freezing temperatures could spell doom. But, insects follow one rule: adapt. Over millions of years, they have evolved an array of different modifications and behaviors that allow them to thrive in our frigid New England…
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