Join Brad Lopes (Aquinnah Wampanoag) as he talks about the intimate, spiritual connection Wampanoag people have with whales. As he explains this relationship with our more-than-human relatives, Brad will share glimpses into their role in Wampanoag storytelling and worldview, the impacts of industrial whaling on our relatives, and the threats they face today. Presented at […]
FishBlitz is a bioblitz, a communal effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. Explore Salt Pond with crews led by Center for Coastal Studies fisheries biologists and park staff. Record your findings in iNaturalist and have fun learning about pipe fish, mummichogs, and so many more fish […]
Dr. Charles "Stormy" Mayo will give a talk on the right whales that visit the waters around the Cape at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum on Tuesday Oct 7, from 5-7 pm.
The Higgins Art Gallery at Cape Cod Community College will host an art exhibit, Echoes in the Tide - Marine Debris Art Responding to Ocean and Social Justice, from Oct. 8 through Nov. 12. The exhibit features work by Mark Adams, Jay Critchley, Peter Hutchinson, Nicolas Nobili, Duke Riley, and Erin Woodbrey. There will be […]
Laura Ludwig, Director of the CCS Marine Debris and Plastics Program, will be the special guest speaker at The Higgins Art Gallery at Cape Cod Community College, at the opening reception for an art exhibit, Echoes in the Tide - Marine Debris Art responding to Ocean and Social Justice, on Wednesday Oct. 8, at 3:30 […]
Join the Cape Cod Anti-Litter Coalition, CARE for the Cape & Islands, the Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation, and the Center for Coastal Studies for the 7th Annual Taking Care of Cape Cod Summit at The 204 Cultural Arts Municipal Building, 204 Sisson Rd., Harwich, on October 9th, 2025 from 11 am - 4 pm. […]
As part of the Silver Science Speaker Series, The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story, with Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director Jesse Mechling. Spinnaker is the Center for Coastal Studies' thirty-six foot humpback skeleton installed in 2017. Spinnaker was an eleven year-old humpback, known to the Center since […]
The CCS tent will be at the Outermost Friday, Market in the Park at Snow Library in Orleans on Friday, Oct. 10, from 2 - 7 pm.
Join Dr. Katie Castagno, Director of the Land-Sea Interaction Program, for an evening of storytelling and original songs about people who have queered gender and social norms throughout history. Fom the deep partnership of conservationist Rachel Carson and her lover, Dorothy Freeman; to the electric connection between Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe; to the first […]
On October 17-20, 2025, the Center for Coastal Studies will host its 10th annual GREAT BEACH CLEANUP. This cleanup takes place on four consecutive days, Friday through Monday, beginning at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham and concluding at Race Point Beach in Provincetown. Volunteers may choose to join one or more days. Please note, these […]