Author name: Cynde McInnis

Harbor Porpoises: The Shy Ocean Friends

If you’ve made it this far in our blog posts, you may have noticed that the topic each week has helped us form a food chain. A food chain is a way of showing how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem. At this po…

What if we told you that EVERY OTHER breath you take is thanks to the phytoplankton in the ocean? These tiny organisms create over 50% of the planet’s oxygen. They do photosynthesis much like plants do on land. Floating …

What if we told you that ‘Plankton’ in the show Spongebob Squarepants lives in the Gulf of Maine? In the world of Spongebob Squarepants, the character Plankton is actually based on a real-life marine creature called a co…

It’s a common misconception that all baleen whales exclusively eat plankton. While many baleen whales do consume large amounts of plankton, particularly krill, their diets are actually quite diverse and can include a var…

A year in the life of a humpback whale is marked by epic migrations and profound changes. During the months of April through late October, our humpback whales inhabit the nutrient-rich waters here in the Gulf of Maine, …