A right whale's trip from Ireland to Cape Cod Bay has surprised scientists and restored hope that some of the historic whale habitats may still be useful to the critically endangered species.
A new report by researchers at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Bigelow Laboratory and the University of Maine is four years in the making and focuses on zooplankton copepods, tiny floating crustaceans that right whales consume in mass quantities.
More than 60 right whales were sighted 55 miles south of the Island in an aerial survey conducted by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on April 23.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday pulled the draft rules, which would have lowered the speed limit for boats across the East Coast, cutting ferry service to the Vineyard.
Gov. Maura Healey is calling on federal regulators to amend a new proposal that could drastically cut ferry service to the Vineyard and Nantucket.
A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.