Two more rare right whale calves spotted in Cape Cod Bay

On Thursday, April 11 the Center for Coastal Studies right whale aerial survey team spotted two more mom/calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay, bringing the number of calves observed off Cape Cod this season to three. The mothers have been identified as EgNo 4180  and EgNo 3317....

CCS spots their first 2019 right whale calf in Cape Cod Bay

On Sunday, April 7 the Center for Coastal Studies right whale aerial survey team spotted their first right whale calf of the year in Cape Cod Bay. This sighting heralds the arrival of the 2019 calves to their feeding grounds here in the northeast. The calf, which was...

Rare North Atlantic right whales return to Cape Cod Bay

On Tuesday, December 11 the Center for Coastal Studies’ aerial surveillance team spotted seven critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay, the first confirmed sighting of the species in the Bay this season. Among the whales photographed during...

Nauset Disposal partners with CCS and “1,000 Friends” to save right whales

The Center for Coastal Studies is partnering with Nauset Disposal, to find 1,000 Friends of Right Whales and raise $100,000 to support the Center’s Right Whale Emergency Initiative. With a population of just 433 individuals, the critically endangered North Atlantic...

License Plates Fund CCS Water Quality Monitoring Program

August 10, 2017 — The Center for Coastal Studies Water Quality Monitoring Program has been awarded a $37,484 grant by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) to study sources of nitrogen in coastal waters of Cape Cod. This funding will allow the Center to...