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Aquarium Scientists Spot Blue Whales in Monument
February 21, 2020
New England Aquarium researchers spotted two blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, during their inaugural winter aerial survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument.
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Right Whales
Right Whale Catalog Improves Website
March 24, 2020
The New England Aquarium recently improved the website for the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog, a directory of photographs and physical details of more than 750 living and dead right whales....Read More
MCAF
Detecting Sawfish DNA in Madagascar’s Mangroves
March 12, 2020
Sawfish are amongst the most endangered of all sharks and rays worldwide. Conservation efforts are greatly hindered by a lack of knowledge about where sawfish populations still exist....Read More
Right Whales
15 Right Whales Named
March 11, 2020
Once a year, a handful of unnamed whales are nominated by researchers for naming. This year, 15 right whales were named....Read More
Sea Turtles
Munchkin Update: Wintering in Warm N.C. Waters
February 26, 2020
Munchkin, the biggest loggerhead sea turtle to come through the Aquarium's Quincy Animal Care Facility, has spent the last three months in the warm ocean waters off the coast of North Carolina....Read More
MCAF
We went to The Gambia – Part 1
February 25, 2020
MCAF Fellow Captain John Flynn, founder of Wildseas, launches a sea turtle conservation program in Gambia....Read More
News & Features
Redfern Asks Big Questions About Earth’s Biggest Animals
February 6, 2020
This past fall, the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life welcomed Dr. Jessica Redfern, an ecologist who asks big questions about the Earth’s biggest animals. ...Read More
MCAF
Protecting the Endangered Greenback Parrotfish of Brazil
January 21, 2020
A Marine Conservation Action Fund-supported project is promoting a series of actions regarding the protection of the greenback parrotfish, one of the most threatened parrotfish on Earth....Read More
Right Whales
Mother of Injured Whale Calf Is an Extraordinary Whale
January 16, 2020
Derecha the North Atlantic right exhibited several behaviors that are not traditional for other right whale mothers....Read More
Right Whales
Right Whale Discovered Pregnant in August, Spotted with New Calf
January 6, 2020
Harmonia, a storied and well-studied North Atlantic right whale discovered pregnant in August, was spotted on January 2, 2020, with new calf off the Georgia coast....Read More
News & Features
Science Countdown to 2020!
December 31, 2019
It was an exciting year for the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life. Here's a wrapup of some of our favorite science stories of 2019. ...Read More
Right Whales
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf
December 23, 2019
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf...Read More
MCAF
Inaugural MCAF Fellows Summit Brings Together Conservation Changemakers
December 20, 2019
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Right Whales
First Right Whale Calf of 2020 Season Sighted off Georgia
December 18, 2019
The first North Atlantic right whale calf of the 2019-2020 season was spotted Monday, December 16, 2019, off the coast of Georgia. ...Read More
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