New England Aquarium

An endangered right whale calf with life-threatening entanglement injuries was discovered by a team of scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on Saturday. The North Atlantic right whale species has been increasingly impacted by dangerous entanglement cases like this one. The research team found this calf near Miscou Island, New Brunswick, Canada, entangled...

The New England Aquarium offers an interactive exhibit: a Shark and Ray Touch Tank. Aquarium-goers have the chance to watch and touch real animals, and Derek Zagami heads over to learn all about it.

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If you’re thinking about visiting the New England Aquarium, one of their exhibits might “seal” the deal! The Harbor Seal Exhibit is an opportunity for people to paint with seals, learn about the animals, and more....

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The New England Aquarium has spotted more than 30 North Atlantic right whales in shipping lanes off the coast of Nantucket, leading to NOAA extending a voluntary slow-speed zone in the area.

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The North Atlantic right whale found dead off Martha’s Vineyard in January was entangled in a rope from Maine lobster gear, federal officials said Tuesday. NOAA Fisheries determined that the rope’s markings, including the purple zip ties connected to it, were consistent with the ropes used in Maine water traps. Environmentalists, commercial fishermen and the federal government have been...

The chilly weather could have spelled doom for dozens of sea turtles in New England if it were not for the quick actions of the New England Aquarium.

It was an “incredible” sight to see in the Gulf of Maine, when three right whales, including a mother and her 10-month-old calf, were spotted this week, said the New England Aquarium. Aquarium aerial observers said they were flying over the Wilkinson Basin when they saw Pediddle and her calf skim feeding. “It was incredible to watch these right whales…

The New England Aquarium in Boston now has a new nurse shark — the first one in 10 years. Cirri, a 3.5 foot, 22 pound female nurse shark, can be seen in the aquarium’s Caribbean coral reef exhibit. “Nurse sharks are a spectacular species to highlight here at the New England Aquarium,” said Mike O’Neill, manager of the Giant Ocean…

A team of New England Aquarium researchers caught a series of beautiful photos of whales swimming in sync off the coast of Massachusetts this week.

A penguin chick who struggled to come out of its shell at the New England Aquarium earlier this summer, requiring staff to perform an assisted hatch, has graduated from drinking a specialized formula to eating full fish and could join a colony of penguins this fall. The unnamed female southern rockhopper penguin hatched on June 23 with the help of…