Topic: New England Aquarium

Giant 655-pound leatherback turtle rescued and released (+video)

A huge 7-foot-long leatherback sea turtle was treated for dehydration and released off Cape Cod. Meanwhile, a pregnant hawksbill sea turtle was rescued in the US Virgin Islands, and has since laid 55 eggs.

Rat muscle + rubbery film = world's first artificial jellyfish (+video)

Researchers say they've created a jellyfish that's one part artificial, one part biological. Creation of the 'pseudo organism' could yield new insights into medical research – or even cleaning up environmental pollution.

Odd-colored lobsters baffle scientists, fisherman

Odd-colored lobsters coming in bright blue, orange, yellow, calico, and white have been turning up in lobster traps in the waters off Maine. 

Penguins facing extinction, warn scientists

Of the 18 species of penguins, 13 are considered either threatened or endangered. Some species on the brink of extinction.

Beached humans prove trustworthy

A curious seal pup finds himself stranded as the tide turns.

Buoys help ships steer clear of right whales

Far inland, scientists listen for slow, shallow swimmers.

Rhode Island’s tropical visitors

Mackie Green: Canada's premier whale rescuer

New Brunswick man helps save giant mammals when they get snared in fishermen's nets.

Leviathan tangled in your nets? Mackie Greene’s your man.

New Brunswick man helps save giant mammals when they get snared in fishermen’s nets.

Right whales entangled by politics

To researchers’ chagrin, measures that might save more of the rare animals have been held up by the White House.

Who, him? He's my dad!

For kids: Some fathers in the animal kingdom are extra-devoted to their young.