Normally, the scientists scan the horizon for Northern Pacific gray whales and their calves, who migrate from Baja, Mexico, ...

Josephine Slaathaug grew up in South Dakota, one of the most landlocked states in the country, where her early experience ...

Researchers believe the rash of whale deaths could be linked to vessel strikes and changing migration patterns caused by ...

A new study has shown that vessels are striking, injuring, and killing gray whales in San Francisco Bay, and controls may be ...

A bright yellow vessel cut through the Morro Bay Harbor like a sunbeam on Monday morning as the captain consulted his radar for clusters of birds and sea lions — clues for finding humpback whales.

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The gray whale drifted in with the tide, its massive body rolling in the surf as waves broke along the shore. By the time it ...

Compared to other marine animals, whales have been understudied. Spending their lives in the open ocean, sometimes in very ...