New England Aquarium

• Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale spotted off Shippagan, N.B.

  The federal Fisheries Department is watching for an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Shippagan, N.B. 

  Environment

  Aug 21, 2022
  
• The first right whale calf born in 2019 has been found dead off the coast of New Jersey

  The calf and its mother, right whale #3560, were first spotted in mid-December 2019.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2020
  
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• North Atlantic right whale spotted entangled, in declining health off coast of Nantucket

  "The potential loss of a mother is particularly devastating to North Atlantic right whales, which number about 400."

  Environment

  Feb 29, 2020
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• 3 North Atlantic right whale calves spotted off coasts of Florida, Georgia

  'Any calf is a good sign. We count each one as a sign of hope. [But] we need a lot more,' says research scientist Philip Hamilton.

  Environment

  Feb 5, 2020
• Well-researched North Atlantic right whale spotted with new calf

  A Florida wildlife conservation team saw the pair seven miles from shore while doing routine aerial surveys of the right whale calving ground.

  Environment

  Jan 6, 2020
• Officials say search for entangled whale continues in Nova Scotia

  The department says the whale is moving into waters east of Nova Scotia and the rescue team is determining the best course of action.

  Environment

  Jul 27, 2019
• Crews search Gulf of St. Lawrence for North Atlantic right whales, disentanglement under consideration

  The Campobello Whale Rescue Team will be working from the Acadian Peninsula this week in order to quickly intervene when an entangled North Atlantic Right Whale is found.

  Environment

  Jul 8, 2019
• Expert team conducts necropsy on endangered dead whale near Miscou Island

  The whale has been identified as Wolverine by researchers at the New England Aquarium who say was first sighted in 2010 and listed in the Aquarium's right whale catalog.   

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
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• Crews hope to free ‘prolific’ female right whale named Kleenex from rope on jaw

  Marine biologists are hoping they can free one of the few remaining female North Atlantic right whales from a length of thick fishing rope that has become wrapped around its upper jaw.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2018