Animals and Wildlife

• Fiddlers Make a Healthy Sound
  Now that spring is here, life has returned to our salt marshes. Stand along the edge of a salt marsh and it may seem that the whole muddy shoreline is moving. The muck seems to...
  Written by Maritime Aquarium on May 14, 2013 | Read More
• Big Birding Weekend!
  It's May!  In the birding world that statement doesn't need much clarification.  May is simply the best month of the year for birding.  Migration is at its peak,...
  Written by Patrick Comins on May 14, 2013 | Read More
• Butterfly Season Warms Up
  Spring is here and the butterflies are starting to fly.   I found these swallowtails yesterday in the parking lot at my office at the Audubon Center at Bent of the River...
  Written by Patrick Comins on May 11, 2013 | Read More
• Monitoring the Ups & Downs of Blue Crabs
  A new season has opened for blue crabbing in Connecticut, and a lot of folks who watch the health of Long Island Sound will be closely watching the size of the blue crab “catch.” Over...
  Written by Maritime Aquarium on May 10, 2013 | Read More
• Cicadas Set to Invade Connecticut
  When the temperature of the ground reaches 64°, billions of cicada bugs will awaken from their 17 year slumber.  Here is a video from Illinois of cicadas engulfing a tree:
  Written by Scott Cimini on May 8, 2013 | Read More
• 'Sibling Rivalry' of Sand Tiger Sharks Explained?
  Sand tiger sharks were in the news the other day. This is the primary species of shark in The Maritime Aquarium’s “The Ocean Beyond the Sound” exhibit (a.k.a.,...
  Written by Maritime Aquarium on May 7, 2013 | Read More
• A New Stem Xantusiid (Squamata, Xantusiidae) from the Middle Miocene of New Mexico
  Xantusia Vigilis is a specie of lizard concentrated in southern California, east of the Sierras and San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California. It is a specimen that dwells primarily...
  Written by Amity Science Research on May 3, 2013 | Read More
• Connecticut's Fur Trade Lives On
  March 31 marked the end of the beaver trapping season in Connecticut. The season for river otters ended March 15. It may come as a surprise to you that there are enough beavers...
  Written by Maritime Aquarium on April 19, 2013 | Read More
• Use App/Pocket Guide to Know in Which Cod We Trust
  With trout season opening this Saturday morning in Connecticut (and with some good luck), a lot of folks will be enjoying a fresh fish dinner Saturday evening. Anglers, of course,...
  Written by Maritime Aquarium on April 16, 2013 | Read More

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