A previously undetected North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother were sighted in Cape Cod Bay on April 17.

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

Researchers and conservationists remind the public to respect the whales’ space. It is illegal to approach a North Atlantic right whale within 500 yards without a federal research permit. Still, from ...

The New England Aquarium identified the pair as 16-year-old “Koala” and 14-year-old “Curlew,” both females. And this, too, is ...

At least 11 North Atlantic right whales were born this calving season — fewer than researchers studying the critically endangered species had hoped, the New England Aquarium reported. There are only ...

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 ...

April, scientists discovered “10 mother-calf pairs with an 11th discovered just last week in Cape Cod Bay,” the release ...

For the first time ever, two North ... North Atlantic, then identified the pair as 16-year-old “Koala” and 14-year-old “Curlew.” They’re two of the last females in a total population ...

"It's always reassuring to know they've made the hazardous journey from the southeastern U.S. coast safely." Researchers ...

This is Part 1 of a two-part series on fisheries management and ocean governance under the second Trump administration, which ...