In addition to a stunning setting, visitors to Bar Harbor also get a chance to behold the region's spectacular wildlife. Whales of all kinds can be found in the Gulf of Maine and are easily ...

It’s no surprise that Bar Harbor tops the list of Maine towns. Many would argue it stands in a class of its own.

If you're planning a trip to Bar Harbor, you're in luck: this company's whale watching trips depart from downtown. Tours transport passengers through Frenchman Bay and into the Gulf of Maine in ...

Scientists from the New England Aquarium found over 75 right whales in the Gulf of Maine on Jan. 12 and 13, a higher than usual number of whales for this place and time, according to a Thursday ...

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New ...

Cradled between the forested peak of Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National ... May to October is also the ideal time for whale-watching near Bar Harbor. However, Bar Harbor is one of ...