{"id":1221,"date":"2026-01-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:43:48","slug":"whale-of-a-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"Whale of a Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0942c7c7615&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0942c7c7615\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1222\" style=\"width:1320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-01-23-Within-the-Whale.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, February 21, join the <strong>Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library<\/strong> and the <strong>Boothbay Region Land Trust <\/strong>at <strong>Bigelow Laboratory <\/strong>for <strong>Within the Whale<\/strong>, a free, family-friendly education event! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event runs 1-3 p.m. at 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay; registration is not required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details, check out this piece in the Boothbay Register: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boothbayregister.com\/article\/dive-whale-learning-experience\/266376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.boothbayregister.com\/article\/dive-whale-learning-experience\/266376<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, February 21, join the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Boothbay Region Land Trust at Bigelow Laboratory for Within the Whale, a free, family-friendly education event! The event runs 1-3 p.m. at 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay; registration is not required. For more details, check out this piece in the Boothbay Register: https:\/\/www.boothbayregister.com\/article\/dive-whale-learning-experience\/266376<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[17,18,86],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-events","tag-maine","tag-megafauna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1223,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions\/1223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}