North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and only about 70 reproductively active females remain.

The endangered whales visit Bay each year, where researchers count and track them, hoping the species returns from the brink ...

It’s a sure sign of spring in New England- right whales are returning to Cape Cod Bay but this year in larger numbers than in previous years.

For the first time in 2025, a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf have been sighted in Cape Cod Bay.

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

Over the next 10 years, the North Atlantic Right Whale, the Chattooga River crayfish and the Sicklefin Redhorse fish may get ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com NOAA Fisheries has announced a voluntary slow zone has been implemented off the Outer Banks after ...

What better way to track whales than listening in on them? Passive acoustic monitoring, in which microphones are placed underwater to pick up any sounds, has long helped scientists detect the presence ...

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf duo of the season were spotted in Cape Cod Bay heading into spring, the ...

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies on Wednesday observed a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf in Cape Cod Bay, approximately 5 miles west of Great Island, Wellfleet.