Regional News

Song Sparrow © Shawn Taylor

Join us this fall and winter for sociable and educational bird talks! Warm beverages and sweet treats will be provided. Next program is December 13.

Mola mola © "Krill" Carson

Wellfleet Bay invites researchers to submit proposals to present at the 24th Annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference. The deadline for submissions is December 21, 2018.

Cape Cod's sea turtle stranding season started earlier than usual this fall, and so far we've rescued well over 600 cold-stunned turtles! It's our second biggest year ever.

Fourth graders from Harwich and Chatham are taking part in a one-year curriculum that combines in-class lessons with real field experiences and a chance to watch bird researchers at work—all thanks to a new Wellfleet Bay program.

© Ceraldi

This year’s Wild, Wild Wellfleet! fundraiser was a sold-out event and, truly, a wild success! We'd like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who made the chef's tasting and auction possible. 

After finding a dead bat that wasn’t typically found on Nantucket, researchers began monitoring the island’s bat population. They discovered that this federally threatened bat species wasn’t so rare on Nantucket after all. 

As part of a new partnership between Mass Audubon and UMass Boston, 12 high school students from Boston schools who are participating in the Urban Scholars Program visited the UMass Boston Nantucket Field Station to meet with local scientists and environmentalists. 

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Felix Neck Sanctuary Director Suzan Bellincampi recently published her second book, The Nature of Martha’s Vineyard, a collection of nature essays that gathers the best of the nature columns she's penned over more than 16 years. 

It was a historic year for Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. Early 2017 brought the end of a very quick—and successful—fundraising campaign that enabled construction to start on the sanctuary’s first new building in 50 years.