Love this town. You should see the telephone poles there too. Ocean love is everywhere. Photo by Molly Matlock
Braggin' rights: North Carolina's shores teem with life. Marine scientists have documented 30+ dolphin species off of N.C.'s 301 miles of coastline. Compare that with only 18 off of the 4,000 mile coast of Chile. Photo by Molly Matlock
Photo: Keith Rittmaster, NC Maritime Museum, with NOAA/MFS Permit. Keith sees things like this all the time. Learn about him and the vital work of the Cape Lookout Studies Program and Bonehenge Whale Center.
Spotlight on Keith Rittmaster of the Cape Lookout Studies Program. Here Keith works in his lab, which recently moved to their new state-of-the-art facility called Bonehenge Whale Center in Beaufort, NC. Learn more about Keith's efforts in our upcoming video profile and also from this PBS News Hour segment.
A baby Loggerhead leaves the nest on Bear Island, NC. Image by Molly Matlock, 2018.
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