Allied Whale,  College of the Atlantic's marine mammal research group, was founded in 1972 to conduct research for the effective conservation of marine mammal populations and their habitats, and to train students to enter careers related to those goals.  While our research is primarily based in the Gulf of Maine, our efforts extend north to Canada and across the North Atlantic to the British Isles south to the Cape Verde Islands as well as all the way down to South America and Antarctica.

Allied Whale is committed to the understanding and preservation of marine mammals. We respond to marine mammal strandings from Rockland, Maine to the Canadian border, curate the humpback and fin whale catalogues for the North Atlantic as well as the Antarctic humpback whale catalogue, and operate the most remote field research station on the eastern seaboard of the United States: Mount Desert Rock.

We are a non-profit organization that raises research funds through grant writing and donations, as well as offering Allied Whale merchandise and adopt-a-whale certificates.

The Bar Harbor Whale Museum, located on 52 West St. in downtown Bar Harbor, is open June through October. All profits from the museum store directly support our summer field-research season.  Whale watches with Acadian Whale Adventures also support our research.