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

Aerial Observer and Data/Photo Manager at CCS, "This [70+ whales seen] puts us slightly ahead of last year, when we didn't have our first right whale sightings in Cape Cod Bay until the end of ...

Nauset, a 31-year-old North Atlantic right whale, was seen by aerial observers about 5 miles off Wellfleet with a calf.

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. “The first sighting of mother/calf pairs ...