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Happy #WhaleWednesday! 🐋 Are you ready for another amazing fact about whales? Some whales have ventral pleats! These grooves can expand to allow them to take a much larger gulp of food! They also constrict, helping to push out the water while prey gets trapped behind baleen!

Salt the life-sized, inflatable, Humpback whale recently visited the Brookline Science Fair! Sanctuary staff and volunteers joined a youth robotics team to talk about oceans, marine debris, and whales! Salt is modeled after a real whale that visits NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS every summer!

Happy #SanctuarySaturday! NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS is an amazing place to see wildlife. However, it’s important to remember responsible wildlife viewing practices. There are many important steps to take, such as cleaning up trash! Click here to learn more: sanctuaries.noaa.gov/wildlife-viewi…

Happy spring from NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS! In the spring, these waters experience more upwelling, making the water richer in nutrients and leading to phytoplankton blooms. This then sets off a chain of interconnected food webs. Phytoplankton feed zooplankton, which then feed right whales!

Calling all K-12 artists! Submissions are open for the 2025 Marine Art Contest! 🎉🎨🌊 The contest is open to all students in Grades K-12 and is a great opportunity to learn about marine life through art! Learn how to enter & check out past entries: stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/stude…

Come join us for tours of Salt the Inflatable Humpback Whale at the Plymouth Herring Run Festival! Herring provide a critical forage source for so many Stellwagen species! Saturday, April 26th, 10 am - 3 pm (Rain date: April 27th) Plymouth Grist Mill 6 Spring Lane

Happy #TriviaTuesday! Did you know that NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS also protects shipwreck sites? These shipwrecks are important habitats for certain species, but they are also part of history, and can have cultural significance. To learn more about shipwrecks, click the link in our bio!

From marine mammals to birds, there are many species that flock to NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS during the summer for the rich feeding grounds. To learn more about some of the summer bird species that visit the sanctuary, check out this link below! stellwagen.noaa.gov/visit/birdwatc…

Happy #TriviaTuesday! NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS was named for Henry Stellwagen, a Lieutenant of the US Navy who was the first person to ever fully map this region. The area was named for him and designated “Stellwagen Bank.” For more interesting trivia about the Sanctuary, visit our FAQs!

Happy #WhaleWednesday! Did you know the second largest animal on the planet can be spotted in NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS ? The Fin whale is a baleen whale that can grow up to 75 feet long. That’s almost 14 times the average height of an adult human!

The Stellwagen Mapping Initiative explores the seafloor of NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS underwater cultural heritage using the latest in side-scan sonar technology. Learn more: stellwagen.noaa.gov/maritime/mappi… #stellwagenbank #stellwagenbanknationalmarinesanctuary #noaa #shipwreck #innovation

The 74th Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting will be held in person on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at the SBNMS Headquarters office in Scituate, MA. Virtual option is available. Register and learn more information here: stellwagen.noaa.gov/management/sac…

Happy #InternationalMigratoryBirdDay! NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS is an amazing place for birding! From Laughing Gulls to Roseate Terns to Great Shearwaters, learn how to identify these beautiful birds at the link below! Which species have you seen? stellwagen.noaa.gov/visit/birdwatc…

The Stellwagen Mapping Initiative is a multi-year project to map the seafloor of NOAA Stellwagen Bank NMS, looking for underwater cultural heritage sites, such as shipwrecks. This project had extraordinary success in year one, identifying 6 potential shipwrecks! stellwagen.noaa.gov/maritime/mappi…

Come celebrate #WorldOceanDay with us New England Aquarium! We'll be on the front plaza with Salt, the life-sized, inflatable, Humpback whale, along with other hands-on activities and information! Stop by from 9 am to 6 pm, on Sunday, June 8th! neaq.org/celebrate-worl…

Happy #WhaleWednesday! 🐋 When a whale lifts its head out of the water vertically like this, it is called “spyhopping.” The whale may even turn up to 180° before ducking back under the water. Learn more about whale behaviors here: stellwagen.noaa.gov/visit/whalewat…