First Harbor Pup of the Season

Ashley Stokes | Marine Mammal Rescue Coordinator We responded to, and later rescued, our first harbor seal pup of the season on April 23rd. After …
Seacoast Science Center Rescue Run 5k Race Results

Over seven hundred runners and walkers hit the trails of Odiorne Point State Park for the Seacoast Science Center’s Rescue Run: Race for Marine Mammals …
#OceanRunnerNH: Here’s the rap on that wayward lobster trap!
#OceanRunnerNH, Nichole Rutherford, enlists Jen Kennedy, Executive Director and co-founder of the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, to inform us on what to do, …
#OceanRunnerNH: Periwinkles Don’t Run!
#OceanRunner Nichole Rutherford is running along the rocky beach at Odiorne Point State Park and spots what she thinks is a fast moving periwinkle. When …
Northern Sea Star Feeding

Watch this short video to see the sea star’s inverted stomach! The sea star has a feeding method unlike any other; it secures its prey with its tube …
Northern Rock Barnacles Feeding

Northern Rock Barnacles (Balanus balanoides) are crustaceans that attach themselves permanently to a hard substrate. They begin life as free swimming larvae and when it comes …
#OceanRunnerNH Introduces the Seacoast Science Center’s new Video Blog
Seacoast Science Center’s Nichole Rutherford introduces the new #OceanRunnerNH Video Blog. Follow the Ocean Runner as she runs along the coast of New Hampshire and …
Rare Orange Lobster Molting

Watch an American Lobster’s (Homarus americanus) molting is this sped-up video, narrated by Seacoast Science Center Aquarist Rob Royer. This rare orange lobster was in …
What about the ocean keeps me up at night?

Wendy Lull | SSC President | originally posted September 28, 2015 For those of us who live in coastal communities, sometimes it’s hard to find …
6 simple things you can do to help save the ocean.

Karen Provazza | Director of Marketing Our trash does not belong in the ocean. Why is that a big deal? More than all of the …
#OceanRunnerNH: Rescue Run to help Save the Seals
Rescue Run: Race for Marine Mammals to be held April 23, 2016 #OceanRunnerNH, Nichole Rutherford, fills you in on the Seacoast Science Center’s Rescue Run: …
A Day in the Life of an SSC Intern

Sammie Powers | Marketing Intern My day at the Seacoast Science Center (SSC) began by holding a salty wet rock with an anemone on it. You might …