Join us Thursday, May 16th for our First Whale Watch of the Season
Opening day is nearly upon us and we are ready for another terrific season! There are plenty of whales in Massachusetts Bay, as evidenced not only by scientific aerial surveys, but also the ability to view whales from local beaches! Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales arrived in Cape Cod Bay this spring and could be seen from shore in Provincetown, Plymouth, and Marshfield. Education Director Laura joined naturalists from three different states to visit Provincetown for the region’s annual Naturalist Workshop, and while there she was able to identify humpbacks Shuffleboard and Measles deep feeding at dusk.
Back at the marina, we have made many upgrades that you will notice right away when you visit! From improved accessibility and new bathrooms shoreside to our enhanced education program featuring our brand new internship program, we can’t wait to have you join us again. We are anticipating seeing returning individual whales, meeting new calves, and await those rare moments such as shark, rare seabird, or unexpected species sightings. Most of all, we simply can’t wait to be back on the water and share the experience with you!
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Why menopause keeps evolving in whales
Comparing data on toothed whale species that do, and do not, experience menopause suggests that prolonged female postreproductive life allows whales to improve their offsprings’ and grand-offsprings’ survival chances. Older female whales such as killer whales (Orcinus orca) share food and become “repositories of long-term ecological knowledge”, explains animal-behaviour researcher and study co-author Sam Ellis. Menopause also seems to reduce reproductive competition between mothers and daughters. The hormone changes killer whales go through are similar to those in menopausal humans, but “as to hot and cold flushes, we’ve got no way of telling yet”, Ellis says.
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