Sea Education Association will host a public lecture, “Did the Whale Diminish?,” examining what Moby-Dick teaches us about today’s eco guilt, extinction, and whale populations, on Sunday, May 19, at 2 pm. Richard King, visiting associate professor at SEA, will deliver the lecture, the second of SEA’s Spring Lecture Series. The lecture will be held at James L. Madden Center Lecture Hall, Sea Education Association, 171 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.