Right Whale
Right Whales Return to Cape Cod Bay
Right whales have returned to Cape Cod Bay, and April is the best time to see them. Researchers have identified about 60 individuals—“a spot-on number for this time of year,” according to the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, which...
Right Whales Spotted in Vineyard Sound
MVGazette.com: Normally the Coast Guard is on the lookout for mariners in distress. But on Sunday crew members aboard a 270’ cutter stationed in Portsmouth, Virginia, spotted a more welcome sight: 2 right whales swimming northwest of...
Right Whale and Calf Spotted off Plymouth, MA
CapeCodOnline: A right whale mother and her young calf were spotted in the waters off Plymouth on Saturday , marking the earliest sighting of these animals on record in the area. Right whales have their young in...
Researchers Find Right Whales Affected by Underwater Noise
Researchers say increasing amounts of underwater noise, largely from shipping traffic, are enveloping rare right whales in “acoustic smog” that makes it harder for them to communicate. The endangered North Atlantic right whale relies far more on sound than...
Ocean Movie Showing at New Bedford Whaling Museum
The new movie “Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship,” will be shown at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in the Cook Memorial Theater on Monday, April 16, at 2:00 p.m. The movie will end...
Feds May be Sued Over Lack of Right Whale Protection
CapeCodOnline: A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday could push the National Marine Fisheries Service to do more to protect endangered whales from fishing gear entanglements off Cape Cod. Three nonprofit whale advocacy groups filed the lawsuit...
Cape Cod Bay Right Whale Watch Lifted
CapeCodOnline: The Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game has lifted the advisory issued last month urging boaters to avoid the endangered North Atlantic right whales that had congregated in large numbers in Cape Cod Bay. An aerial survey conducted...
Entangled Right Whale Freed in Cape Cod Bay
CapeCodToday.com: Members of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team freed a right whale entangled in ropes on Friday, April 22. The entangled whale was spotted by researchers yesterday during an aerial survey, according to...
