“While the location of the whales in the shipping lanes was concerning, in this particular instance, our survey team was able to successfully alert a ship in real time and have them shift course ...

Large groups of North Atlantic right whales were recently spotted in shipping lanes near Nantucket ... in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, said in a statement.

The NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center aerial survey team spotted right whale #4150, known as “Accordion,” with her first known calf on Feb. 3 near the shipping lanes at the ...