Gotham Whale – New York City's own Whale Research and Advocacy Organization

Our Mission

Gotham Whale is New York City’s own Whale Research and Advocacy Organization! Our mission is to study, advocate for, and educate about the whales and marine mammals of New York…

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Whale Watching

Gotham Whale is NYC's own whale research, education, and advocacy group! We partner with commercial whale watching vessels to collect data during their scheduled cruises. Support our mission and come…

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Threats & Protections

Threats & Protections Update About Increased Sightings & Recent Strandings - FAQ While our research focuses on living marine mammals, our advocacy work focuses on reducing human-caused impacts and the…

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Stories from the Sea

Stories from the Sea For over a decade, Gotham Whale has recorded sightings and other information about the marine mammals returning to New York City. Thousands of hours of wildlife…

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The Gam, Gotham Whale Newsletter

The Gam In Gotham Whale's quarterly newsletter, 'The Gam', you’ll find news, information, and fun content relating to the marine mammals of New York City! Subscribe to stay up to date…

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Our Citizen Science Project – WANTED

Help WANTED! Attention: boaters, kayakers, fishermen, scuba divers, sailors, beach goers, mariners, coastal residents and photographers. Gotham Whale requests your help with our Citizen Science Project - WANTED. When you’re near or on the water in the New York Bight, please be on the lookout for marine mammals. If you see a whale, dolphin, or seal, you can help our research by letting us know! Please report your sighting using…

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Our Research

Our Research Our research team studies the marine mammals in the New York Bight (see figure below). In the last decade and a half, we have recorded the growing numbers of seal, dolphin, and whale sightings. Since Humpback whales are the species of large whale seen most frequently in our area, our team tracks individual humpbacks using photo identification (photo-ID). Our studies focus on topics including lunge feeding, proximity of marine…

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Citizen Science: Explained

What is Citizen Science and how can I help Gotham Whale? Citizen Science, sometimes also referred to as volunteer monitoring, amateur science, community or crowdsourced science, increases the impact and reach of research projects by inviting the public to participate in data collection, analysis, or reporting. By allowing any curious or concerned person to join in, researchers gain the additional eyes, ears, or helping hands they need to make important…

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Our Mission

Whale Watching

Threats & Protections

Stories from the Sea

The Gam, Gotham Whale Newsletter

Our Citizen Science Project – WANTED

Our Research

Citizen Science: Explained

New York City’s own Whale Research and Advocacy Organization

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