In Remote Refuge, Researchers Survey Pristine Eelgrass Beds
Center for Coastal Studies marine ecologist Dr. Agnes Mittermayr knows eelgrass. Or at least she thought she did. As director of SeagrassNet, she monitors seagrass beds at more than a hundred sites around the world. But then she went to the Izembek Lagoon, a remote...
Five Generations of Humpback Whale Confirmed on the U.S. East Coast
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) has reported a sighting of the first known fifth-generation humpback whale calf. CCS has been studying the life history of individual humpback whales for nearly five decades. This research has been central to understanding the...
Center for Coastal Studies Frees Entangled Leatherback Turtle in Cape Cod Bay
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team disentangled a leatherback sea turtle Wednesday, July 9, in Cape Cod Bay. The relatively young turtle had become entangled in fishing gear and dragged the fishing gear into three...
Tunicates Prevent Eelgrass Seed Collection in Little Pleasant Bay
On June 25, 2025, during peak eelgrass reproduction in southern New England, a Boston University research team, with help from the Center for Coastal Studies, attempted to collect reproductive shoots for seed-based restoration from an eelgrass meadow near Pah Wah...
Dolphin Fleet, Center for Coastal Studies to Offer Guided Tours of Provincetown Harbor
This summer, visitors have an opportunity to take a deeper dive into the history and ecology of Provincetown Harbor with tours aboard the Dolphin Fleet guided by naturalists from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS). The new Science in the Harbor Tours are offered...
CCS Joins New Society in the Bay of Fundy Dedicated to Studying and Protecting Humpback Whales and Other Marine Mammals
Press release from the Bay of Fundy Whale Research and Conservation Society, June 6, 2025: The Bay of Fundy is one of nature’s true wonders, home to the world’s highest tides—reaching up to 16 meters—and a rich underwater landscape that creates ideal feeding grounds...
Center for Coastal Studies Offers Full Range of Summer Educational Programs
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) will once again offer a full range of educational programs for all ages this summer. The schedule, which runs from June 19 through the end of August, includes perennial favorites, like seal walks in Truro, along with a new program,...
CCS Marine Debris Program Concludes 2025 Ghost Gear Recovery Season
A blog post by Fritz McGirr, Marine Debris Operations Assistant Each spring, the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales enter Cape Cod Bay to feed before their journey further north for the summer. At this time from February 1st to mid-May, the...