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'Should not really exist in these waters': Scientists spot gray whale, thought to be extinct in the Atlantic, off Massachusetts coast

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Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more. She covers several science topics from planet Earth to paleontology and archaeology to health and culture. Prior to freelancing, Jennifer held an Editor role at Time Inc.

Scientists experienced an"incredibly rare event" last week when they saw a gray whale cruising through New England's coastal waters.

The gray whale is known for its mottled gray body and supreme size — females top out at 49 feet long and weigh 90,000 pounds , on average. It lacks a dorsal fin; instead, it has a dorsal hump on its lower back, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "I didn't want to say out loud what it was, because it seemed crazy," Orla O'Brien, associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium's Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, said in the statement.

 

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