April 24th is Right Whale Day in Massachusetts! 🐋 This special day shines a light on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. This video, filmed recently in Cape Cod Bay, shows a right whale mother named Blackheart with her second calf. It also shows the whales swimming in a "V" shape, with one whale in the lead—a pattern known as "echelon feeding." Right whales face threats like entanglement in fishing gear, vessel strikes, and a rapidly changing habitat. At WHOI, researchers are adv