Bonehenge Whale Center
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Bonehenge Whale Center combines North Carolina cetacean research, dolphin photo-identification, and marine mammal stranding response from Beaufort.
Best for
- Bottlenose dolphin photo-identification research
- Reporting stranded, injured, entangled, or dead marine mammals in eastern North Carolina
- North Carolina cetacean education and exhibits
- Cetacean skeleton preparation and display
- Recycling discarded monofilament fishing line
Look elsewhere if
- Needing services for non-marine wildlife
- Needing an unannounced walk-in visitor experience instead of an appointment
Specialties
- North Carolina cetacean research
- Bottlenose dolphin photo-identification
- Marine mammal stranding response
- Stranded cetacean specimen collection and maintenance
- Cetacean skeleton preparation and exhibit display
- Monofilament fishing-line recovery and recycling
Certifications
- NOAA Fisheries permits
- North Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Network
- 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization
What makes them different
- Facility dedicated to North Carolina whales, dolphins, and porpoises
- Bottlenose dolphin photo-identification research conducted since 1985
- Documented 34 cetacean species in North Carolina as of 2021
- 48 monofilament recycling receptacles placed along the North Carolina coast
- Visitors accepted by appointment at the Beaufort facility
- Response time
- Contact the Marine Mammal Stranding Network quickly
- Serves
- Beaufort
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 275 W Beaufort Rd Ext, Beaufort, NC 28516
- Phone
- +12525288607
- Website
- https://bonehenge.org/donate/
Services
- Marine conservation
- Educational programming and outreach
- Marine mammal stranding investigation
- Cetacean research and publications
- Exhibit preparation and display
- Monofilament recycling program