Doing the Right Stings – Saving the Cownose Ray
I have only ever been able to see skates and rays in aquariums and through photos, but never with my own eyes. While being a Research Intern at the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center I had the amazing opportunity to see my first ever ray, well actually the first hundred rays of my…
Horseshoe Crab Spawning in New Jersey
The Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, also called by the scientific name Limulus polyphemus, are prehistoric animals that have been on Earth for millions of years. They are in the Phylum Arthropoda. The horseshoe crabs’ structure dates 245 million years ago in the Carboniferous Period and they are more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions (Tanacredi, Bottom & Smith…
Horseshoe Crabs, Red knots and Humans: How one species affects them all
The red knot is a shore bird species that visits the shores of Cape May on its migration route. This species has the longest migration route of any species that visits our shores. It travels from tropical and temperate conditions in the winter all the way to the Arctic for breeding, a journey that totals…
A New Tenant to Cape May
We have a new dolphin in our Cape May waters! On May 31st, 2016 during our 10:00AM trip, we spotted a pod of our residential dolphins. We recognized a few of the different dorsal fins, including our catalogued dolphin, Triscuit (Tt0008). While watching the pod feed, we noticed another dorsal fin that was very mutilated….
Minke Whale Calf Beaches Itself Along the Delaware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey
Last week on Sunday, June 21st, at around 6:30 PM, a one-year-old Minke calf (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) had washed up along the Delaware Bay within Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and was still alive at the time of arrival. This was reportedly the third time the calf had been beached. One-day prior, the whale was found…