WHALE

Three great events coming to the SouthCoast in the next few weeks.

State Rep. Antonio Cabral announced today that New Bedford’s Waterfront Historic Area League has received a 2018 Community Investment Tax Credit of $150,000.

Spring vacation week activities kick off with a bang this year at the New Bedford Whaling Museum with Right Whale Day, which will take place on Monday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

New studies suggest that endangered marine species would not be significantly impacted by the construction and use of offshore wind farms off the Massachusetts coast.
The state and federal studies released this week were based on observations of whales, turtles, and marine birds over a period of four…

The now infamous "Seagull Cinderella" that sits on the corner of Route 18 and Elm Street in downtown New Bedford received some companionship Friday afternoon, though the friendship did not last long.

Well, it's not Keiko, the Orca whale that starred in that 1993 classic film, but one was still spotted Monday off the shores of Cape Cod.
Bruce Peters of Capeshore Charters spotted and photographed a male Orca about 13 miles off the coast of Chatham on Monday afternoon...

Two of the City's oldest buildings are now undergoing renovations.
Local officials and historical preservationists gathered in front of the storied Seaman's Bethel and Mariner's Home Complex on Johnny Cake Hill to break ground on the $2...

CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) _ Marine biologists are trying to figure out what caused the death of a North Atlantic right whale calf, one of just 14 born this winter.
The calf was found dead Thursday off the coast of Chatham on Cape Cod.
A spokeswoman for the International Fund for Animal Welfare says the near…

Hundreds of people shipped off in search of a great white whale this weekend, but from the comfort of inside the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

The Whaling City got a visit from one of its namesakes.