North Truro
Lifestyle
'A living, breathing thing.' Stormy Mayo retires after 48 years of right whale studies
One of Charles "Stormy" Mayo's most vivid memories as a 10-year-old growing up in Provincetown was the first time he saw a humpback whale propel itself out of the water and come splashing down. "It’s still a snapshot in my brain of the whale in the air with its flippers out," he said, recalling the day, watching with his dad from their boat's flying bridge just south of Wood End Light. ...
5 dolphins rescued, 2 dead after becoming stranded in low tide in Wellfleet
The dolphins became stranded early in the morning Saturday in Duck Creek, a common stranding area due to its extreme tides. Five dolphins were rescued off the coast of Wellfleet on Saturday after becoming stranded in a low tide, officials with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said. Seven...
7 dolphins stranded in Wellfleet Harbor after tide went out. Rescuers leapt into action.
A mud-splattered team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW, rescued dolphins trapped after the tide went out in Wellfleet Harbor Saturday. Seven of the dolphins stranded on the morning low tide. Five were pulled from the muck alive and rehabbed before their release. Two were found dead.
2024 - 2025 Beach, OSV, Transfer Stickers Available for Purchase from May 6th for Local Residents
The 2024 - 2025 Beach, OSV, and Transfer stickers will be available for purchase from May 6th, 2024. They can be bought online or in-person. The Sticker Office is open Monday to Friday, 9am - 1pm.
Eleven dolphins trapped in mud off Wellfleet. Rescuers worked for hours to save them.
PROVINCETOWN – Ten Atlantic white-sided dolphins were released off Provincetown Tuesday night after stranding on the mud flats in Wellfleet. A team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare Marine Mammal Rescue, volunteers and AmeriCorps Cape Cod members, about 45 in all, responded after receiving a report of 11 dolphins stranded in Wellfleet Tuesday afternoon before the early evening low tide.
Fascinating Cape Beach Find Linked To Old ‘Top Secret’ Program
Massachusetts' wild March weather led to an amazing find on the shores of Marconi Beach. Last week staff with at the Cape Cod National Seashore discovered a large, mystery hunk of metal at the edge of the ocean and worked quickly to get it off the beach before another spring storm could pull it back out to sea.
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.