Apr 2, 2024 | PRESS
Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf just north of Marshfield yesterday. This is the first such sighting of a right whale calf in Massachusetts waters in the 2024 season. The right whale mother...
Mar 20, 2023 | PRESS
The first North Atlantic right whale mother and calf pair has arrived in Cape Cod Bay. On March 18th, the Center for Coastal Studies’ Right Whale Ecology Program team sighted EGNO 3293/Porcia and her 2023 calf. Porcia, a 21-year-old right whale, was first seen with...
Mar 30, 2022 | PRESS
March 30, 2022 In the last two weeks the Center for Coastal Studies’ North Atlantic right whale aerial survey team has seen the first mothers and their calves arrive in Cape Cod Bay waters from their birthing ground off the southeastern U.S. coast. On March 25, teams...
Mar 4, 2021 | PRESS
March 4, 2021 Yesterday the aerial surveillance team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Right Whale Ecology Program documented a North Atlantic right whale mother/calf pair in Cape Cod Bay, the first of the 2021 season. Right whale #3520, Millipede, with her...
Apr 12, 2019 | PRESS
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....
