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10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off New England Coast 10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off New England Coast
10-Foot Great White Shark Spotted Off New England Coast Like a Massachusett's "snowbird" heading South after too many Northeastern winters in reverse, a great white shark recently traveled from Florida to cooler waters in Cape Cod Bay. OCEARCH, the nonprofit that tracks several turtles' and sharks' migrations with GPS, reported that Miss May, a 10-foot, 846-pound great white, was last pinged off the Massachusetts coast south of Provincetown on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Miss May was first reported off the Florida coast in 2019. She made her way to the Florida Keys before turning north. She's not the only one enjoying the waters off the Bay State coas…

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by Josh Lanier
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'We Were In Awe': Watch Rare Blue Whale Surface Next To Tour Boat In New England 'We Were In Awe': Watch Rare Blue Whale Surface Next To Tour Boat In New England
'We Were In Awe': Watch Rare Blue Whale Surface Next To Tour Boat In New England Anyone aboard a boat in northeastern Massachusetts on Monday, July 8, got a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse at the world's largest mammal: a blue whale in the wild.  Tour organizers gushed about the experience on the Cape Ann Whale Watch Facebook page shortly after returning to shore.  A video posted from the trip highlights the moment tourists learn they are seeing the elusive animal, sending cheers across the deck.  This is my 21st season with CAWW and today's 2 trips are right there in the top 3 if not THE top one! Today I got my... Posted by Cape Ann Whale Watch on Monday, July 8, 2024…

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by Josh Lanier
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Rare Sighting: 4 Killer Whales Seen Swimming Together In Nantucket Waters Rare Sighting: 4 Killer Whales Seen Swimming Together In Nantucket Waters
Rare Sighting: 4 Killer Whales Seen Swimming Together In Nantucket Waters It was an exciting day to be a scientist at the New England Aquarium in Boston after researchers stumbled upon a rare orca whale sighting over the weekend. The team caught four killer whales swimming together about 40 miles south of Nantucket on Sunday, June 13, the aquarium reports. Staff confirmed that it is "always unusual" to see killer whales in New England waters as their population is already very small in North Atlantic waters. “Seeing them swim in formation was just unreal,” said Orla O’Brien, an associate research scientist who leads the aerial survey team for the NEA's Anderson …

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by David Cifarelli
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Videos: Watch These Separate Whale Sightings Off Long Island Coast Videos: Watch These Separate Whale Sightings Off Long Island Coast
Videos: Watch These Separate Whale Sightings Off Long Island Coast Call them Ishmael? Whales were caught on camera near the South Shore of Long Island, dining off the eels and floating about approximately a half mile off the coast in the Moriches Inlet. According to the man who shot the video that has since gone viral on social media - there were approximately a dozen whales in the area at the time. A second video captured by a different boater, found whales near a boat in the Shinnecock Inlet, approximately 30 miles off the coast. In Shinnecock, the boaters reportedly were tuna fishing around noon on Monday when they spotted the whales. They observed th…

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by Zak Failla
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Great White Shark Tracked Off Long Island Sound Off Greenwich Coast Great White Shark Tracked Off Long Island Sound Off Greenwich Coast
Great White Shark Tracked Off Long Island Sound Off Greenwich Coast Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water. A great white shark has been tracked in the Long Island Sound off the coast of Fairfield County. The shark, named "Cabot," was pinged off the shore of Greenwich just before 11 a.m. Monday, May 20, according to the ocean research group Ocearch.org. iI's the first time ever Ocearch says it tracked a great white in the LI Sound.  "Cabot" weighs 533 pounds and is 9-feet, 8 inches long.  Ocearch.org posted a photo of the great white shark and a map on its Twitter account, saying: "Be advised! For the first t…

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by Joe Lombardi