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Meet the newest North Atlantic right whale mother and calf pairs
February 14, 2021
December through March is calving season for North Atlantic right whales. This year has been special for the critically endangered right whales because of the number of calves and first-time mothers.
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MCAF
Spotting endangered sharks in Mozambique
April 14, 2021
Outside of Australia and South-East Asia, basic information required to inform conservation initiatives for the endangered Zebra Shark are unknown....Read More
Bluetech
Startups Focused on Cutting Edge Ocean-related Technologies
March 31, 2021
From kelp burgers to building high-speed wifi communication networks underwater, the businesses that are part of the BlueSwell Incubator Program illustrate creative problem-solving and marine science....Read More
Field Work
Battery powered research: Using electronic tags and computer models to understand capture-related mortality and predation of yellowfin tuna released in a recreational troll fishery
March 23, 2021
This is the second of a series of blog posts about yellowfin tuna research being conducted at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium....Read More
MCAF
Tracking marine megafauna: Using acoustic telemetry to strengthen conservation efforts along Costa Rica’s pacific coast
March 1, 2021
Randall Arauz and Daniel Arauz Naranjo at Center for Endangered Marine Species (CREMA), coordinate a team of researchers whose objective is to protect species from unselective and destructive fishing....Read More
MCAF
করাত মাছ বেশি দেখা যাচ্ছে
February 23, 2021
করাত মাছ বেশি দেখা যাচ্ছে কোভিড-১৯ লকডাউনে সাড়া দিয়ে কি ভারতীয় সুন্দরবনে করাত মাছেরা ভালো আছে?...Read More
MCAF
Macuro. Conservación de Tortugas Marinas en el Golfo de Paria, Venezuela
February 23, 2021
La Dirección General de Diversidad Biológica del MinEC en Caracas - Venezuela lidera un equipo con Provita Venezuela para estudiar y proteger a las tortugas marinas......Read More
Marine Mammals
A Tiny Piece of Whale Blubber Leads to Big Results
February 12, 2021
A new study by scientists at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life expands our toolkit for understanding North Atlantic right whale health—using only a tiny piece of blubber!...Read More
MCAF
Impact de la pandémie mondiale du COVID 19 sur la recherche pour la protection des tortues marin de la côte atlantique à Ebodje, Cameroun
February 2, 2021
De quelle manière la pandémie du COVID-19 a affecté les travaux de recherche pour la protection des tortues marines et la Tube Awu Association au Cameroun?...Read More
MCAF
Blog sobre Espuma, la ballena franca austral patagónica
January 26, 2021
Florencia dirige un proyecto que busca integrar fotografías de ballenas francas australes tomadas desde embarcaciones por operadores de avistamiento de ballenas con el catálogo de encuestas aéreas......Read More
Field Work
NEAq scientists survey the remote Marine National Monument
January 15, 2021
Aquarium scientists conduct a January 2021 survey of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument....Read More
MCAF
Mar de Esperanza en Osa Costa Rica: Tiburones martillo naciendo en tiempos de Pandemia Covid-19
January 8, 2021
Como la naturaleza continúa con su ciclo habitual sin importar el Covid-19, estos meses de junio, julio y agosto 2020, fueron meses de nacimientos en el Santuario del Tiburón Martillo Golfo Dulce......Read More
Lucky catch: How decades of fisheries catch data helped us learn about common thresher shark distribution and movements in the northwest Atlantic Ocean
January 7, 2021
This is the second of a series of blog posts about collaborative common thresher shark research being led by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium....Read More
MCAF
We went to The Gambia – Part 2
December 29, 2020
We are back to you once again following on from Part 1 of our “Think Global, Act Local” sea turtle conservation adventures in The Gambia....Read More
MCAF
Resiliencia de los esfuerzos de conservación en tiempos inciertos: 4 lecciones de un bloqueo de 6 meses por Kerstin Forsberg
December 18, 2020
La primera vez que escuché sobre COVID-19 fue en enero…Un amigo mencionó el brote y yo no tenía ni idea de cómo mi vida estaba a punto de cambiar. ...Read More