Jul 11, 2020 | PRESS
Friday, June 26 Shortly before 1 pm on Thursday, June 25, researchers at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) were notified about a dead whale sighted off New Jersey. The CCS Right Whale Ecology Program was conducting an aerial survey in the New York Bight at the time...
May 7, 2020 | PRESS
On Wednesday, May 5, a blue whale was sighted just 13 nautical miles east of Truro by the Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Aerial Surveillance team. Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are the largest animal ever known to have lived, growing up to 100 ft in...
May 9, 2019 | PRESS
May 9, 2019 Northern Arizona University Good genes: Researchers break down DNA of world’s largest mammals to discover how whales defy the cancer odds Contact: Heidi Toth (928) 523-8737 heidi.toth@nau.edu Scientists know that age and weight are risk factors in the...
Nov 12, 2018 | PRESS
Press Release from IWC October 30, 2018 From today, an online handbook will equip anyone who wants to go whale watching with places to go and questions to ask. A collaboration between the International Whaling Commission and the Convention on Migratory Species, the...
Aug 5, 2016 | PRESS
August 5, 2016. Video below. For the past three days, CCS researchers have been monitoring the carcass of a small minke whale in Cape Cod Bay off North Truro. Data collected during these 72 hours shows that there is as much to be learned from the whales in death as in...
