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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us for a screening of Fox Tales and be treated to intimate views of how Red Foxes live their lives—starting with a look inside a fox den with kits.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Now in its 24th year, the annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference features speakers from environmental organizations across Cape Cod discussing a wide array of natural history topics.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Make plans to join us for a quintessential Cape Cod summer evening under the stars and help raise critical funding for Wellfleet Bay's conservation and education programs.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet Bay has been chosen as a beneficiary of the 2019 Seaside Le Mans race! This extraordinary opportunity will help expand our conservation science education programs to underserved children, strengthen existing school programs, and provide new learning opportunities at the sanctuary.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
After 36 years at the helm of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Bob Prescott has announced his decision to retire. (Sort of.)
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Outer Cape school children—most of whom live within 15 minutes or less from a bay beach—are getting front row seats for what’s become a unique natural phenomenon that occurs practically in their own backyards.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us this fall and winter for sociable and educational bird talks! Warm beverages and sweet treats will be provided. Next program is February 14.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Our late summer predictions of a busy fall season came true. Wellfleet Bay volunteers and staff rescued or recovered more than 800 cold-stunned sea turtles this year—our second biggest season ever. Updated January 7.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Registration is now open for our Summer Camps in Wellfleet and Chatham! We’re looking forward to sunshine, summertime, and days filled with adventure in the great outdoors.
While hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles were being rescued from local bayside beaches this fall, Outer Cape school children–most of whom live within 15 minutes or less from a bay beach—are getting front row seats for what’s become a unique natural phenomenon that occurs practically in their own backyards. In a special curriculum developed by […]
Wellfleet Bay has been rescuing sea turtles for more than 30 years and almost every season has its memorable moments. Unfortunately, the 2018 cold-stun season will likely be remembered in large part for the Thanksgiving Day week-end deep freeze that killed scores of turtles, most of which would have been successfully rescued under normal conditions. […]