The gray whales are on their annual migration path between breeding grounds in Mexico and feeding grounds off the coast of ...

New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

This Redondo Beach bash is just about the same age of the Dana Point Festival of Whales, coincidentally, but while whales ...

When the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival kicks off in early March, whale lovers not only peer ceaselessly out at the ocean, hoping to see a spout or a fluke, but they flock to their local libraries ...

As migrating gray whales are spotted off the Ventura coast, teams in Southern California have so far counted a record low number.

Now, we’re perfectly happy going whale watching in Monterey Bay, California, or gawking at gray whales or humpbacks from the Bay Area’s Mendocino headlands. But if you’re interested in going ...

2. Grey whale Often regarded as the friendliest whale in the world. Go to a breeding lagoon in Baja California, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, to scratch and tickle a “friendly” adult or calf ...

For humpback whales in the Pacific, their songs may be a solid indicator of the type of food that is swimming nearby. By listening in on their songs from year to year, a team of scientists found ...

Eavesdropping on baleen whale songs in the Pacific Ocean reveals year-to-year variations that track changes in the availability of the species they forage on, reports a new study led by John Ryan ...

Hands while caressing and touching a grey whale. Image via Depositphotos. The recent sighting of a gray whale near Nantucket has captivated the scientific community. Once thought extinct in the ...

Example photo of a humpback whale fluke from which identification of individuals is enabled through distinction of fluke shape and coloration. This photo by T. Cheeseman is of the individual most ...

Celebrate the annual migration of gray whales near Dana Point at this delightful spring festival. Dana Point is a small city in Southern California that should be on every individual’s bucket list.