New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its calf. Scientists on a July 24 aerial survey flew over the Northeast Canyons ...

After a massive sperm whale washed ashore on Nantucket, responders are examining it and making plans for what comes next.

First, Kate Laemmle saw a recognizable tall, thin blow erupt out of the glassy Atlantic Ocean on a July 24 aerial survey. To see the exhale of an endangered fin whale was cool enough, the scientist ...

BOSTON — Staff from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life took off from New Bedford Airport on July 24 — their destination was the only U.S. marine monument in the Atlantic ...

The long-endangered North Atlantic right whale saw a “modest” increase in numbers in 2024, according to a newly released estimate from the New England Aquarium, and ship strikes and entanglements are ...

Researchers from the New England Aquarium are using drone to measure the length and width of right whales off the Atlantic ...