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Scenes from a Right Whale Entanglement
February 11, 2022
The right whale team provides a first-hand account of what it's like to respond to an entanglement. ...Read More
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Busy Days on the Water
October 28, 2021
Our return to the Gulf of St. Lawrence continued with a busy few days of data and sample gathering and whale sightings....Read More
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The Return to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
October 1, 2021
After a year of being unable to participate in field work in Canada due to a global pandemic, the Right Whale Research Team returns to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in search of North Atlantic right whales...Read More
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Humpbacks In Flight, Mid-Morning Delight
August 21, 2020
On the morning of August 14, two separate species put on a show for us...Read More
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One Final Day in the Gulf
October 16, 2019
Since this is a rare species in these parts, we were ecstatic to get a good look at it; for many of the team, this was a new species sighting...Read More
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Eavesdropping on Lacrosse
October 7, 2019
We deployed a sonobuoy and ended up recording really interesting repetitive tonal calls followed by a series of gunshot vocalizations....Read More
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The Adventure in the Gulf Continues!
September 20, 2019
Of all the right whales we photographed, some whales looked to be in fairly good health, but many others did not...Read More
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August Gulf Survey Has Productive Start
September 9, 2019
Our right whale researchers set sail in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in August....Read More
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Updates from the Bay of Fundy
August 1, 2019
It's field season! Hear from the Right Whale Research Program and learn more about our 39th consecutive year doing surveys in the Bay of Fundy. ...Read More
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A Quiet Place
July 16, 2018
It's the third blog from our Right Whale Team's summer field season! Things are still quiet out on the Bay. ...Read More
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Updates from the Gulf of St. Lawrence
October 13, 2017
As right whales appeared to underutilize historic summer feeding grounds and the death toll in the Gulf of St. Lawrence rose, our research team collaborated to maximize survey efforts in the gulf....Read More
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A Slow August and a Surprise at the Fuel Dock
October 12, 2017
Our first week of surveys in Bay of Fundy was full of promise for a busy season full of right whales; unfortunately, everything shifted after August 2....Read More
Field Work
To Boldly Go Where No Offshore Trip Has Gone Before
August 26, 2016
The Shelagh crew embarked on a three-week exploratory survey, the first large scale effort by the New England Aquarium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence....Read More