Three ladies snap a picture together. A century later, researchers take a closer look and are totally blown away… . In 1912, three young women—Pearl, Viola, and Penelope—stood briefly outside the noisy, lint-choked Porte Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, to pose for a photograph. The flash of Thomas Himmel’s camera captured their solemn faces, framed against the grim backdrop of their workplace, where they toiled as child laborers. It was a fleeting moment, one they likely thought little of as t

Going home! The North Carolina Aquariums team recently released 27 sea turtles to the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. Watch as Stephanie and Carol from the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher help two yearling loggerhead sea turtles on their journey. Our team had cared for the two animals for more than a year. #savingspecies #seaturtles NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores | NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher