The New England Aquarium has been providing lectures and films by scientists, environmental writers, photographers, and others since 1972. The Aquarium Lecture Series is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute, which has been providing funding for free public lectures at universities and museums since 1836.

All lectures are free and open to the public. Registration is requested. All programs start at 7 p.m. in the Simons IMAX Theatre. Programs last about one hour. For more information and to register for these free lectures, visit us online.

October Lectures:

Wednesday, October 5: Pioneering Manta Ray and Community-­Based Conservation in Peru. Kerstin Forsberg, Founder and Director, Planeta Océano

Thursday, October 13: Big Ice: Antarctica, Greenland, and Boston (Sixth Annual John H. Carlson Lecture at the New England Aquarium). Dr. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Thursday, October 27: Stress in Wild Animals: From the Arctic to the Equator. L. Michael Romero, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Tufts University