Surrounded by water on three sides, Cape Cod has a remarkable bounty of marine wildlife on display, so it is no wonder that whale watches are one of the more popular activities for visitors and ...

A 1-year-old North Atlantic right whale was spotted off Massachusetts with fishing gear wrapped around its tail.

The young whale, dubbed "Oil Change," was seen repeatedly off Cape Cod, and would entertain whale watchers with breaches and ...

The young humpback known as “Oil Change,” seen off Cape Cod in the summer, was found fatally injured near Atlantic resort ...

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 ...

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

Sometimes during whale-watching expeditions, another type of creature grabs the spotlight merely by showing up. The accompanying footage shows a massive basking shark alongside a Cape Cod ...

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 ...

It’s not just great white sharks hunting for Cape Cod seals these days. Those on a whale watch learned that recently when they spotted a mako shark chomping on a seal, as they saw the water turn ...