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New England Aquarium

Opened on the Boston Waterfront in 1969, the New England Aquarium is one of the world’s first modern aquariums. Visitors can explore the ocean and visit thousands of marine animals in three levels of world-class exhibits. Combining education, entertainment and action to address the most challenging problems facing the ocean, the New England Aquarium aims to create a new generation of ocean stewards. Since 1972, the Aquarium has been providing free lectures and films by scientists, environmental writers, photographers and many more. Through the generosity of the Lowell Institute, the Aquarium Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Registration is requested and all programs start at 7 p.m. in the Aquarium's Simons IMAX Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Programs last approximately one hour. For more information or to join our mailing list, visit: www.neaq.org/aquariumlectures

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  • Society and Culture of the Sperm Whale

    Wed, Nov 10, 2004
    Hal Whitehead shares the picture of the social structures, and most recently, the cultures that he has built from studying sperm whales for more than 20 years, tracking their movements from his sailboat, identifying individual whales from photographs, recording sounds, and collecting their dandruff (for genetic analyses) and feces (for diet analysis).
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  • Blue Whales: Recent Discoveries

    Mon, Nov 15, 2004
    John Calambokidis, who began recording information on the blue whale population in California in the 1980s, shares exciting recent discoveries on this species. Calambokidis explores the movements and behavior of this species and shows new video footage taken from a "Crittercam" on a blue whale as it feeds and vocalizes underwater. For decades after blue whales were commercially hunted, many feared that their numbers had been reduced to the point that made extinction inevitable. However, off the California coast, recent research has revealed a surprisingly large blue whale population.
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  • Can Right Whales Survive Modern Industrial America?

    Mon, Nov 22, 2004
    Scott Kraus, director of research at the New England Aquarium, discusses why right whale survival is directly linked to our ability to manage conflicts with shipping and fishing. He argues that, while there are signs of progress on these problems, much remains to be done. New England Aquarium researchers have been studying the North Atlantic right whale for 25 years. Early work focused on biology of this mostly unknown species, but as studies progressed, findings indicated that human activities were negatively influencing this whale's survival. In the 1990s, it became clear this population also was suffering a decline in reproduction, and the search began for the causes. Now, although right whales are among the best-studied whales, there still remain astonishing gaps in our understanding of their biology.
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  • One Family's Epic Journey to the North Pole

    Mon, Dec 13, 2004
    Dave and Jaja Martin share photographs and stories from their experiences after they and their children abandoned their conventional lifestyle in June of 1996 and headed off to pursue their dreams. The Martins explain their motivations and discuss the life lessons that they learned from their travels.
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  • Seahorses and Traditional Medicine

    Mon, Apr 25, 2005
    Amanda Vincent, director of Project Seahorse, explains how overly large trades in seahorses are depleting wild populations. The good news, however, is that poor fishing villages in the Philippines, traditional medicine traders in Hong Kong, and 167 governments around the world are all taking action to make trade more sustainable. Seahorses, among the most charismatic of fishes, are helping establish common ground between conservation and traditional medicine.
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  • Tinkering with Eden: Non-Native Species

    Mon, Jun 20, 2005
    Kim Todd investigates the stories of 16 exotic species, from those brought by the first European colonists to species still being imported today, as described in her book, *Tinkering with Eden*, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Starlings. Honeybees. Pigeons. Brown trout. All these non-native species are well established parts of the American landscape, but how did they get here? What impact do they have? Who wanted them here and why?
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  • Crab Wars: Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Health

    Mon, Jun 6, 2005
    William Sargent, environmental author and *NOVA* consultant, reveals intense debates currently surrounding horseshoe crabs. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. William Sargent is a consultant to the *NOVA* Science Series and former director of the Baltimore Aquarium. He presently teaches at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University.
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  • Behavior and Conservation of Magellanic Penguins

    Mon, Oct 30, 2006
    J. Alan Clark speaks about his many years of research on Magellanic penguins in Argentina. In addition to introducing us to the natural history of these penguins, Clark reports on his primary research focus, penguin vocalizations. He discusses the different types of penguin calls and how penguins use these calls. For example, Alan has explored what a female penguin can tell about a male penguin, just by his voice. In addition, Alan discusses the threats facing penguins and penguin conservation.
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  • Choosing Ocean-Friendly Seafood

    Wed, Mar 22, 2006
    Lydia Bergen discusses how we can maintain our natural marine resources and feed our global community, a question that the Seafood Choices Movement is striving to tackle and a process in which the New England Aquarium is deeply embedded. Aquarium Fish stocks around the world are threatened by overfishing. The aquaculture industry is expanding at an exponential pace. The demand for seafood globally is increasing every year.
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  • Ten Years of Progress: Boston Harbor Islands National Park

    Mon, Jun 26, 2006
    Bruce Jacobson and Tom Powers talk about their work on the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area, a unit of the National Park System that includes 34 islands within the 50-square miles of Boston Harbor.
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