When a right whale appeared trailing fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay Jan. 17, rescuers mobilized – underscoring challenges the ...

A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted in Cape Cod Bay over the weekend with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.

A routine January flight over Cape Cod Bay turned up numbers – and whales – local researchers rarely see. One day, one survey ...

CAPE COD BAY, Mass. -- A North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted in the Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts on March 27. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution posted the footage to YouTube ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Fin whales rarely lift their tails out of the water on any dive, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Getty Images/iStockphoto Whale watchers in Massachusetts were treated ...

A charismatic young humpback whale that spent last summer delighting whale watchers in Cape Cod Bay was recently found dead along the Delaware coast, the apparent victim of a ship strike, according to ...

Watching a massive whale breach the surface of the ocean is a moment that stays with you forever, but you do not necessarily ...