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Updates from the Field: Studying Oceanic Whitetip Sharks
July 15, 2019
Anderson Cabot Center's Ryan Knotek provides live updates from the Bahamas as he assists with an oceanic whitetip shark expedition.
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Right Whales
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
Right Whales
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
Right Whales
Welcome Arrivals to the Bay of Fundy
September 30, 2019
Finally, on August 26, those most perfectly shaped flukes of the right whale appeared....Read More
Field Work
The Winds of Change
September 27, 2019
The Winds of Change: Understanding the effect of offshore wind development on recreational fishing...Read More
Right Whales
Scooping the Poop and Pinching the Skin
September 26, 2019
Because biopsy and fecal sampling are real "all hands on deck" situations and the whole team works hard to make the collection happen, the success is shared by everyone onboard...Read More
Policy
Aquarium Submits Comments on Whale Entanglements
September 23, 2019
The Aquarium submitted a letter to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service regarding the efforts to reduce the risk of entanglement of North Atlantic right whales. ...Read More
Right Whales
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
Press Release
Another Dead Right Whale Identified
September 19, 2019
The highly endangered right whale found dead off Long Island was identified by Aquarium researchers as Snake Eyes, a male at least 40 years old with a well-known and highly detailed life history....Read More
Field Work
So Many Dolphins, So Little Time!
September 19, 2019
More than 900 dolphins and 2 whales were spotted in less than four hours during an aerial survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument....Read More
Right Whales
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
Right Whales
Nine Busy Days in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
August 22, 2019
The third and last leg of the July cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence turned out to last an impressive nine days straight at sea....Read More
Right Whales
Muddy Right Whales
August 15, 2019
New England Aquarium scientists look at why whales are taking mud baths at the bottom of the ocean....Read More
Sharks
Shoring Up U.S. Shark Management
August 7, 2019
Drs. Jeff Kneebone and Nick Whitney are conducting research to better understand the survival rate of sandbar sharks following catch and release in the Massachusetts shore-based shark fishery....Read More
Right Whales
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
Right Whales
Two More Right Whale Deaths
July 31, 2019
In yet another blow to the North Atlantic right whale population, two more right whale carcasses were found in July....Read More