A tiny two-headed diamondback terrapin, weighing just 5.2 grams, turned up at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and is now under veterinary watch at a Cape Cod wildlife center. The Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable shared a photo of the bicephalic hatchling on Facebook Thursday, drawing immediate attention to what the center called […] The post Two-headed turtle hatchling discovered at Cape Cod nesting site appeared first on American Almanac .
A tiny two-headed diamondback terrapin, weighing just 5.2 grams, turned up at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and is now under veterinary watch at a Cape Cod wildlife center. The Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable shared a photo of the bicephalic hatchling on Facebook Thursday, drawing immediate attention to what the center called an uncommon but not unprecedented find. The baby terrapin has two fully formed heads and, according to the veterinary team, both sides appear healthy and functional so far. Diamondback terrapins are classified as a threatened species in Massachusetts, which makes the discovery at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, a small town on the outer arm of Cape Cod, all the more notable for the…Open
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers […] The post More than 2,000 ocean predators spotted off Cape Cod — weeks after feds reopened the waters to commercial fishing appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers called extraordinary: dolphins, whales, whale sharks, and manta rays all congregating near the surface of a nearly 5,000-square-mile ocean preserve roughly 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The sheer number of animals, and the presence of several species classified as endangered, landed the survey squarely in the middle of a policy fight that has bounced between…Open
The Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage estimate they’ve removed 6,000 pounds of refuse from ponds on Cape Cod. “There’s no better feeling,” one said.
The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.