#OceanRunnerNH: Horseshoe Crabs 101

Horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, are often referred to as dinosaurs of the sea. Fossils show that the have lived on earth, unchanged, for about 480

#OceanRunnerNH: Saunders 10K Recap

Ocean Runner Nichole fills fans in on her experience running the Saunders 10K held in Rye, NH on August 18, 2016, and points out some of the

#OceanRunnerNH: Beach to Beacon 10K

Ocean Runner Nichole recently completed the iconic Beach to Beacon 10K, held in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on August 6, 2016. In this short video, Nichole

#OceanRunnerNH: The secret behind sea glass

Ocean Runner Nichole looks to Seacoast Science Center’s Heidi Duncanson to learn the secrets behind sea glass. As pieces of glass are “weathered” physically, by

#OceanRunnerNH: Portland Head Light

Ocean Runner Nichole recently completed the Beach to Beacon 10K on August 6th. The race, which begins in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, near Crescent Beach State

#OceanRunnerNH: Seaweed on the Rocks

Our Ocean Runner does her training along Seacoast beaches as much as possible, and was recently wondering why she never sees seaweed growing ON the

#OceanRunnerNH: Color Run Fun

Ocean Runner Nichole and friends just completed The Color Run, held in South Portland, Maine on June 26, 2016, and she shares the answer to

#OceanRunnerNH: Crackly Crabs

Ocean Runner Nichole learns all about how crabs, like the green crabs show in this video, shed their exoskeletons when they outgrow them and how

CLOSED today.

Seacoast Science Center is closed today due to inclement weather.