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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction.

Nauset, a 31-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was seen by aerial observers about 5 miles off Wellfleet with a calf.

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