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Marine Mammals of Rhode Island, Part 4, Harbor Porpoise

  By David Gregg December 13, 2013 August 26, 2021 Animals, Biodiversity, Historical

by Robert D. Kenney The porpoises are six species of small toothed whales within one family—closely related to the dolphins. The harbor porpoise is the smallest cetacean, and the only porpoise species, that occurs in the North Atlantic. When I was a graduate student, I… Continue reading

Marine Mammals of Rhode Island, Part 3, Bottlenose Dolphin

  By David Gregg September 10, 2013 November 11, 2020 Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Education, Historical

by Robert D. Kenney The bottlenose dolphin may be the most familiar species of cetacean for many people, for a couple of reasons. Small groups of bottlenose can be seen from the beach almost anywhere along the East Coast—year-round from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to… Continue reading

Marine Mammals of Rhode Island, Part 2, North Atlantic Right Whale

  By David Gregg June 27, 2013 November 11, 2020 Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Education, Historical, Naturalists

by Robert D. Kenney The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) (abbreviated NARW) is one of three species of right whales, with the other two occurring in the North Pacific and Southern Ocean. They are closely related to the bowhead whale, found only in the… Continue reading

Marine Mammals of Rhode Island, Part 1, Historical Context

  By David Gregg March 20, 2013 August 26, 2021 Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecological Communities, Historical

by Robert D. Kenney Some three dozen species of marine mammals are known to occur in Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and nearby coastal and continental shelf areas. Their occurrence in the region has been reviewed in detail in a technical report… Continue reading

Hardy’s Bird Collection, 100 Years in Providence

  By David Gregg February 11, 2013 November 11, 2020 Animals, Historical, Naturalists

Submitted by Marilyn Massaro, Curator of Collections Museum of Natural History and Planetarium Roger Williams Park, Providence The Museum of Natural History at Roger Williams Park in Providence is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the acquisition of the Manly Hardy Bird Collection this month. Totaling… Continue reading

Exec’s Blog: Can’t live with ’em, can’t shoot ’em.

  By David Gregg September 13, 2012 November 6, 2020 Animals, Conservation, Historical

Introductory Remarks by David W. Gregg, Executive Director, RINHS, at the opening the 16th annual Ecology of Rhode Island conference, organized by RINHS on the topic of “Trends in Human-Wildlife Interaction”, held March 29, 2012, in North Kingstown, RI. The conference theme was summarized in… Continue reading

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