A commercial lobster diver was seriously injured when he was caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod
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Decomposed whale washes up on Old Orchard Beach, draws crowd
A badly decomposed whale that washed up on Old Orchard Beach drew gasps and groans from beach walkers venturing out in the rain on Sunday. The carcass – later identified as that of a minke whale – washed ashore about a mile south of Old Orchard Beach pier, just as Lyndi Cote, wrapped in a […]
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Whale carcass washes up on Little Cranberry Island
CRANBERRY ISLAND (AP) — A 36-foot whale has washed up on Maine’s Little Cranberry Island. College of the Atlantic Allied Whale Director Sean Todd tells WNSX-FM that the whale has been identified as Triomphe, a 6-year-old male humpback whale. Todd says it’s too early to say how the whale died. Allied Whale volunteers gathered samples […]
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Whale watchers help save entangled humpback
BAR HARBOR — A group of Bar Harbor whale watchers has taken the Save The Whales slogan to heart. The group of 200 whale watchers helped save a humpback whale that was entangled in fishing gear near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy on June 10. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports the […]
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When the Beluga whales swam up the Penobscot River to Bangor
BANGOR — Sixty years ago, a couple of unexpected guests drew thousands of people to the local waterfront. Traffic stopped. Children hung over bridge railings to get a glimpse. But this was no concert. On April 26, 1954, “a strange, white creature” was spotted swimming in the Penobscot River, according to Bangor Daily News articles. […]
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Rare sighting of bowhead whale in Cape Cod Bay
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — Researchers have identified a bowhead whale in Cape Cod Bay, the second time in recorded history the animal has been seen so far south in the Atlantic Ocean. Workers for the Provincetown, Mass.-based Center for Coastal Studies reported Friday the bowhead was identified during an aerial survey on April 11 as […]