Regional News
Check here for the latest news from Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries around the state.
Cape Cod and Islands Events
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.
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us at Cape Cod Beer to learn about the Cape's fascinating wildlife while enjoying some locally-crafted brews. April's topic is "Restoring the Coonamessett River."
Cape Cod and Islands News
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Any regular visitor to Wellfleet Bay has probably said "hello" to veteran front desk volunteer Shirley Weber. She's volunteered at the sanctuary for more than 20 years. "It's a chance to meet people from all over the world," she says.
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
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.
Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary
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.
Sesachacha Heathlands Wildlife Sanctuary
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.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
We recently sat down with a group of 10- and 11-year-old students from the West Tisbury School who launched the group called "Plastic Free MV." Their goal? Banning plastic non-reusable water bottles and soda bottles under 34 ounces on all of Martha’s Vineyard.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Birding fans know that attempting to complete a Big Year is a highly competitive enterprise. As we learn early in Birding Without Borders, Noah Strycker's entertaining account of his 2015 International Big Year, this type of adventure is a bird of a different feather.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Registration is now open for Fern & Feather Day Camp in Edgartown! We’re looking forward to sunshine, summertime, and days filled with adventure in the great outdoors.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Felix Neck soared this year, and we want to share some of the accomplishments made possible by our nature community. Find out about our year of learning and teaching, sharing nature, and protecting wildlife in our Annual Report.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
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.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
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.