by Niko | Mar 27, 2013 | Community Outreach, Donnation, Education, First Flight Elementary, Fundraiser, Hilburn Academy, North Carolina Aquarium, North Carolina Wildlife Education, Rehab Facility, Season Begins, T-Shirt Contest, Volunteer Events
The Rehab Center continues in full swing. We still have a full house of Greens, Loggerheads, and Kemps Ridleys. Recent weigh-ins were very positive for Lou and Charlie, long-term care loggerheads. They are fattening up! Some turtles were released in early March....
by Niko | Aug 28, 2011 | Hurricane Irene, NCARI Rehab Facility, North Carolina Wildlife Education
The Hurricane Irene has relocated not only people and their homes. It has relocated animal species of all varieties. We have received inquiries from folks who have found a turtle in their yards and wonder if it is a sea turtle. Sea...
by Niko | May 15, 2011 | Community Outreach, North Carolina Aquarium, North Carolina Wildlife Education, Stokesdale Elementary School
The Education Team began its Spring Education Programs sharing information about N.E.S.T. and the impact cast off debris has on our sea turtles with the Nags Head Elementary Green Team. After 2 days at The Currituck Master Gardeners...
by Niko | Apr 27, 2011 | Community Outreach, North Carolina Wildlife Education, OBCWE
On April 27, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education offered its first “Outdoor Day.” N.E.S.T. provided one of the many education tables and offered a craft project making a turtle from a paper plate. Close to 100 turtles...
by Niko | Mar 1, 2010 | North Carolina Wildlife Education, Stranding Response Program
Marina Piscitelli from the UNCW Stranding Response Program is going to present her work on lung capacity in deep diving cetaceans. Ever wonder how a whale can dive and not get the bends? She’ll be sure to share some of their impressive secrets. You can register...
