Right Whale Update from CCS

May 9, 2016 Last week, researchers from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) prepared to report that a successful 2016 North Atlantic right whale season was winding down. During the period between December 2015 and May 2016 a total of more than a quarter of the...

Right whale mothers and calves remain in Cape Cod Bay

April 26, 2016 Recent research cruises by the Center for Coastal Studies’ vessel and aircraft survey teams, working with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), have documented increasingly high concentrations of the plankton food of endangered North...

First 2016 Right Whale Calf Spotted in Cape Cod Bay

March 27, 2016 On Easter Day, researchers from 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 2016 calves to their feeding grounds here in the...

CCS Turns 40!

February 25, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies announces a series of celebrations in honor of its 40th year of conducting research, performing marine animal rescue operations, and offering education programs on Cape Cod Bay and beyond. On June 11th, a Gala Event...

Dramatic Increase in Number of Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay

The right whale aerial survey team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) observed nine right whales in Cape Cod Bay yesterday (February 21), marking the true beginning of the 2016 right whale season. CCS researchers have spotted individual right whales scattered...