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Click here to read about the efforts to care for a newborn Hawaiian monk seal pup abandoned on Kauai. Learn how you can help save monk seals from extinction by clicking here

On May 1, 2008, NBC’s Today Show, reporter Mike Leonard did a segment about Astro’s public debut at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut. You can watch the segment on the Today Show site by clicking here. Astro, you may recall, is a Steller sea lion that was rescued from Año Nuevo Island in June 2006. Just days old, his mother was nowhere to be found, so he was brought to the Center where staff and volunteers cared for him. You can read more about Astro’s stay at the Center on our website here.

On Thursday, March 21, The Marine Mammal Center had the pleasure of giving a behind-the-scenes tour of its hospital to San Quentin’s Warden Robert Ayers, his wife and grandchildren, and other selected San Quentin employees. The tour was conducted in conjunction with the arrival of a newly constructed “seals-on-wheels” metal carrier built by San Quentin inmates through a collaborative metal-shop program that benefits the Center. The new carrier makes it easier for the Center’s staff and volunteers to transport large sea lions (some of which can weigh upwards of 6oo pounds) from pen to pen or to load them up for release back to the ocean. Inmates participating in this project created blueprints for this and two other carriers using AutoCAD and they fabricated and assembled the carriers. You can read more about the program here.

Watch KTVU-TV report about the new carrier here.

Click here to see pictures from the tour.

LEAVE SEALS BE!
This pupping season, spread the word to leave Harbor Seal pups alone. Read more about our campaign to Leave Seals Be here.

The 2008 Run For The Seals was a huge success. Runners, click here to find your finish-line photo on fotojack.com! Click here to read more.stopwatch or you may look at our digital clock as you cross the finish line. The money we save on professional timing expenses will help us feed multiple patients for 2-4 months. Our patients thank you very much in advance! To learn more about Run for the Seals and to register online, click here.

Packard Challenge for the Capital Campaign is Completed! Read details about our major achievement.

The Marine Mammal Center has rescued three “black coat” elephant seal pups as a result of the recent storms. Click here for the full story.

Oil spill in SF Bay. Click here to learn how you can help report oiled animals and get involved.

Dead blue whales in Southern California - The Center is on the scene. Click here for more

Public Participation is Needed in The Marine Mammal Center’s Harbor Seal Health Study. Click here for more. Click here to see photo album.

If you missed KQED’s “Quest” June 26, featuring The Marine Mammal Center’s work with fur seals, watch it here!

Click here to watch a special KQED Quest video featuring Astro, the Steller sea lion.

Click here to read about The Marine Mammal Center’s lead role in the successful efforts to help two wayward humpback whales back to the ocean.

Click here to help The Center continue to respond to these and other extraordinary marine mammal rescues.

If you missed the NBC 11 segment featuring the Marine Mammal Center, you can watch the video here.

Brian Vander Brug Los Angeles Times

Altered Oceans
Read and view part 2 of a multimedia presentation about The Center in the July 31, 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Times.

The Ocean takes care of us! Click here to learn how you can return the favor.

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