Center Disentanglement Team Successfully Frees Humpback Whale Calf
PROVINCETOWN: The Center For Coastal Studies’ Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) disentangled a humpback whale calf on Tuesday in waters east of Chatham, MA. The calf, estimated to be a few months old and still dependent upon its mother, was sighted by...
Center Successfully Disentangles Humpback Off Chatham
PROVINCETOWN, MA.: The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) freed a badly entangled humpback whale Monday off Chatham, MA. The whale, named Thumper, was with her young calf and had thick rope wrapped five times around...
CCS Receives Massachusetts Environmental Trust Grants for Whale and Sea Turtle Research and Conservation
PROVINCETOWN: The Center for Coastal Studies received two Massachusetts grants from the sales of the state’s aquatic-themed specialty license plates which will help the Center fund North Atlantic Right Whale research and continue its commitment to the conservation of...
Snow Cone, An Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale, Spotted Off Cape Cod With Her Calf
Snow Cone, the resilient North Atlantic right whale who gave birth in December while entangled in rope, has made it safely to Cape Cod with her calf. She and her new offspring were spotted on Saturday and Sunday on the Atlantic Ocean side of the Outer Cape by aerial...