A wounded whale thought to have died nearly three years ago has suddenly reappeared off Massachusetts, proving mystery still surrounds one of the world’s most endangered sea creatures.

For several years, scientists have warned entanglements in fishing gear and boat strikes are the most common causes of premature right whale deaths, but they could not prove any of the problematic ...

A previously undetected North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother were sighted in Cape Cod Bay on April 17. The Center for Coastal Studies based out of Provincetown was conducting an aerial ...

In a rare and unexpected discovery, researchers from Provincetown on April 17 were the first to spot a previously unknown North Atlantic right whale calf in Cape Cod Bay, bringing the total count ...

Researchers with the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) documented something they don’t normally see in Cape Cod Bay on Thursday: a North Atlantic right whale calf that hasn’t been spotted before.

Researchers discovered a North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother, Monarch, in Cape Cod Bay, an unusual location for a calf sighting. This is the eleventh right whale calf documented this ...

I would really put that on Aunt Erma’s shoulders.” Robert is passionate about community driven projects and using the art experience as a form of education. “Humphrey the Whale brought everyone ...

Two endangered North Atlantic right whales have gone where no right whale has gone before - at least not in recorded history - the Bahamas. The two right whales were seen by Captain Isaac Ellis ...

The CCS is reminding boaters, kayakers, paddle boarders, swimmers, drone pilots and light aircraft that it is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without a federal ...

As dozens of North Atlantic right whales take to Cape Cod Bay, experts are working to save a young whale that has been dangerously entangled in fishing gear for months. After traveling south for ...

A young North Atlantic right whale, #5110, is entangled in fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Rescuers have partially disentangled the whale, but the remaining gear poses a serious threat. North ...

(April 16, 2025) The marine animal entanglement response team at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown is working to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale in Cape Cod Bay that has fishing ...