Tag: seals

seal walk

Seal Walks Offer Insight Into Marine Conservation Efforts and Public Education

October 23, 2025

By Lauren McDowell, SSC Marine Mammal Rescue Community Outreach Manager Seacoast Science Center (SSC) is dedicated to marine conservation and public education. Among its many …

SSC Marine Mammal Rescue team assess the spot where a gray seal is stuck.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place: SSC’s Marine Mammal Rescue staff save a juvenile gray seal

Michelle Dillon | Digital Marketing Specialist and Ashley Stokes | Director of Marine Mammal Conservation The Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue team quickly jumped …

map of a harbor seal's journey

A Harbor Seal’s Journey: Rescue, Release, and Beyond!

Originally published February 12, 2021 JUNE 7, 2021 UPDATE Held on June 7th, this webinar provides an update on Harbor Seal #087 from …

a harp seal sunning themself o the rocks

Where have all the Ice Seals gone?

January 22, 2021

Ashley Stokes | Marine Mammal Rescue Manager New Englanders are accustomed to seeing harbor seals and their larger gray seal cousins on our coast’s …

Shark and Seal Safety in New England Waters

October 10, 2020

Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue was featured on WMUR TV9’s NH Chronicle on October 8, 2020. MMR Manager Ashley Stokes, along with partner Marianne …

a shark and smaller fish swimming in the ocean

Sharks, Seals, and a Healthy Ocean Ecosystem

Brian Yurasits | Marine Mammal Rescue Community Outreach Manager This week Maine experienced its first-ever fatal great white shark attack, leaving many New England …

two people walking their dog by the ocean

Physical Distancing and Marine Mammals: A Lesson from COVID-19

Brian Yurasits | Marine Mammal Rescue Community Outreach Manger The spread of Covid-19 virus around the United States has prompted health officials to recommend …

hooded seal with crusty eyes

Marine Mammal Rescue responds to rarely seen Hooded Seal

January 10, 2019

By Ashley Stokes | Marine Mammal Rescue Manager On Tuesday, January 8, we received a call on the SSC Marine Mammal Rescue hotline …

Harbor Seal Pupping Season is Underway

If you see a seal on the beach, call the Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue hotline at 603-997-9448 Rye, NH — Harbor seals bear …

See Mack the harp seal swim free in drone video

On Sunday, March 18, 2018, the Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue Team (MMRT) released Mack the harp seal back into the wild. After four …

Mack the harp seal swims free!

On Sunday, March 18, 2018, the Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue Team (MMRT) released Mack the harp seal back into the wild. A “poster-child …

kids raising hands to ask questions about marine mammal rescue class

Marine Mammal Rescue goes on the road

The Seacoast Science Center is widely known for on-site tide-pooling field trips but naturalists from the Center also bring educational programs out into the community. …