North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke IslandPosts

Beginning this Saturday and throughout the entire month of February, drop off non-perishable and unexpired food items at the Aquarium to help meet our goal of collecting ONE TON of food for the Roanoke Island Food Pantry in Manteo. 🤝❣️🤝❣️🤝 For each donated grocery bag of food items, visitors will receive one complimentary admission ticket per reservation. 🎟️💯

We are exhausted but our hearts are full. Over the last several days we have truly felt the meaning of "It takes a village." We are enormously thankful for everyone who has been out in the field and behind the scenes for the rescue and rehabilitation of over 500 cold-stunned sea turtles received at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island since December 1st. This tremendous community effort has been an inspiring sight to behold. We are so grateful and humbled by the gifts of talent, time, energy, and passion from so many folks here on the Outer Banks, many of whom are volunteers. From the bottom of our hearts -- THANK YOU.

We’ve changed our nighttime look along the Nags Head oceanfront skyline. The pier now features Wildlife Friendly Lighting that emits an amber color instead of white, ultimately creating less light pollution.
“This specific color temperature is far less disruptive to insects, bats, birds, and most importantly along the oceanfront, sea turtles,” Remige said. “It also reduces eye strain for people, better preserving our night vision.”