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North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Releases 2019 Report Card
November 26, 2019
Just 409 whales. That’s what scientists believe remains of the iconic North Atlantic right whales.
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Sea Turtles
Tracking a Leatherback Sea Turtle
December 6, 2019
To better understand and protect leatherback sea turtles, Dr. Kara Dodge of the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life affixes a variety of tags to their shells....Read More
Right Whales
New Right Whales to Sponsor!
December 2, 2019
If you’re looking for an especially unique gift this holiday season, consider sponsoring a right whale!...Read More
Bycatch
Do Thrown-Back Cod Survive?
November 26, 2019
Releasing fish after capture in recreational fisheries is a valuable conservation tool that can help preserve fish populations, but fish do not always survive after they are thrown back....Read More
Right Whales
By the Numbers: 2019 Right Whale Field Season
November 12, 2019
The numbers are in! Here are the tallies for the summer field surveys...*drumroll*...Read More
Field Work
Rare Sightings During Aerial Survey of the Marine National Monument
November 11, 2019
Beaked whales, Chilean devil rays, and a humpback whale were spotted during an October 25 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument....Read More
Right Whales
September Surveys in the Bay of Fundy
October 30, 2019
When “Team September” was back in position, we steered the Nereid toward the islands and documented six individuals...Read More
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