Hitan" in Arabic, holds more than 400 primitive whale skeletons that offer a snapshot of the evolution of these creatures ...

I’ve been conducting raptor surveys by vehicle along Washington’s coastal beaches. Completed with a host of volunteers, the ...

A baby sea creature was spotted off the coast of California, and the photos are being described as “awesome.” Watchers got ...

Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the Salish Sea when ...

The most recent data from NOAA shows a major decline in gray whale populations compared to a year ago. Here's what to know.

Third Eye Blind lead singer Stephan Jenkins is replanting kelp forests off the California coast, and that is incredibly ...

Six gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area region in the last week, officials have said. With the additional deaths, the total number of stranded whales this year has reached 15.

Gray whales are contending with significant ecological stress. Between 2019 and 2023, the species experienced a 40 percent population decline, linked to food scarcity exacerbated by climate change.

Dozens of gray whales are dying in Pacific Ocean waters again this year and human-caused climate change may be to blame, scientists say. At least 70 whales have died since the start of the year ...

Every summer, a small group of gray whales gather along the Oregon coast to feed. Marine biologist Carrie Newell studies the seasonal residents of Depoe Bay and has written several books about her ...

Malnutrition, killer whale predation, entanglement and vessel strikes were documented as the main causes of death, researchers said. In 2023, gray whale numbers began to rebound to as many as 21,000.