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
Drop in over Thanksgiving weekend to learn more about sea turtles and why they strand on the beaches of Cape Cod in the late fall—plus a behind-the-scenes look at our rescue efforts!
Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us for a "holly-day" season walk at Ashumet Holly in Falmouth—home to one of the largest holly plantations in New England! Learn about the natural history of hollies and gather your own holly boughs to take home.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us for our 38th Annual Fall Festival and enjoy hayrides, face painting, live music, food, wreath making, a weather station and crafts for kids, live animals, trail walks, and more!
Cape Cod and Islands News
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 December 13.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
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.
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
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
Whether you’ve chanced across a hummingbird dipping their tail feathers or caught a glimpse of a Monarch fluttering by, we’ve all had those animal encounters on the Island that make us stop and ponder what else lives on this mystical island aside from ourselves.
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
This summer, the sanctuary hosted a special crop of returning camp counselors, Leaders-in-Training, interns, and volunteers. We asked a few of them what makes them tick, why they come to Felix Neck, and what they hope to accomplish, and their answers inspired us.
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.