An “extraordinary” whale sighting happened in Boston recently. Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) researchers Ryan Schosberg and Annie Bartlett were hoping for the first 2025-2026 season whale sighting ...

Scientists have confirmed that a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale recently spotted off the coast of Massachusetts near Boston is the same animal photographed in Ireland in the summer ...

The Center for Coastal Studies' Marine Animal Entanglement Response team is continuing efforts after responding last weekend ...

BOSTON — Researchers have discovered that a North Atlantic right whale recently sighted in Massachusetts waters is the same whale reported off Ireland last year, an “extraordinary” connection showing ...

In a rare sighting, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, first photographed in 2024 off the coast of Ireland, was recently reidentified near Boston, U.S., on Nov. 19. This is the first ...

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

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 ...