The number of Pacific gray whales decreased significantly during the most recent count to the lowest numbers since the 1970s, while the number of whale calves also hit its lowest numbers on record.

The population of eastern Pacific gray whales shows a huge dip at the same point that whaling increased in the early 20th century, a new analysis of acient whale genes shows. Eastern Pacific gray ...

In March, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) sought public comment on the Makah Tribe’s request for a permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to hunt gray whales off the ...

A famous gray whale was first spotted in the Saratoga Passage on Dec. 11, early for a Sounder. The first of the “Sounders” ...

SAN DIEGO — The population of gray whales migrating along the North American Pacific Coast has dropped to levels not seen since the 1970s, according to a new report released by the National Oceanic ...

Boom-and-bust cycles of gray whale populations are normal. But for the first time since the Eastern North Pacific population has been monitored over the past five decades, scientists are seeing not a ...

Experts say the whales that migrate 12,000 miles annually appear to be struggling to recover from an unusual mortality event from 2019 to 2023. NOAA surveys show one of the Pacific Ocean’s most ...

Nearly two dozen whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent months, according to animal rescue groups. A total of 19 gray whales, two unidentified baleen whales and one minke whale have ...

Volunteers with Oregon State Parks will fan out along the coast from Dec. 27 to Dec. 31 to help people see gray whales ...

A gray whale washed up along the beach in Alameda on Monday. It's the fifth whale to die in the San Francisco Bay in less than a month. WITH RESEARCHERS WHO ARE LOOKING INTO THIS TREND. FOUR OF THE ...