A coalition of commercial fishing groups has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the approval of Vineyard Wind 1. What we know.

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered, and only about 70 reproductively active females remain.

Island agencies saw a record number of marine mammal strandings in 2024, responding to more than 40 incidents, the highest in ...

The first North Atlantic right whale mom and calf duo of the season were spotted in Cape Cod Bay heading into spring, the Center for Coastal Studies announced.

What better way to track whales than listening in on them? Passive acoustic monitoring, in which microphones are placed underwater to pick up any sounds, has long helped scientists detect the presence ...

It’s a sure sign of spring in New England- right whales are returning to Cape Cod Bay but this year in larger numbers than in previous years.

Researchers said the sighting “brings hope for the species,” which is listed as critically endangered by the International ...

For the first time in 2025, a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf have been sighted in Cape Cod Bay.

Cape Cod, a beautiful cape southeast of Boston in Massachusetts, is gorgeous year-round. However, as is the case for the rest ...

When I was a little girl, I fell in love with nature. We lived by the woods and a pond in Hyannis, and every night in spring ...