We wait for it to return - if an animal seems evasive, the researchers avoid chasing it down so as not to stress it out ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act is just one of the keystone U.S. environmental laws under attack by the Trump administration ...

Crevoshay admitted the exact cause of death for the whales has not been identified, but said many whales were observed very ...

Gray whales are a notable exception, often held up as an icon of human conservation measures. While also hunted to very low numbers, they made a stunning recovery after gaining protection from the ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found.

Gray whales have one of the longest migration routes of any mammal. After wintering off the coast of Mexico, where they mate and give birth, whales swim more than 6,000 miles to spend their summers in ...

Gray whales have been dying off at an alarming rate since 2019. Scientists at Oregon State think the deaths could be due to melting sea ice, a new study says.

A second gray whale was found near Port Ludlow. More than 70 whales have been found dead so far this year on the coasts of Washington, California, Oregon, and Alaska, the most since 2000.

Gray whales are known for being hardy and resilient — “the jeeps of the ocean,” as retired U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration biologist Wayne Perryman calls them — but ...

A western North Pacific gray whale traveled nearly 14,000 miles from Russia to Mexico and back again, breaking the known world record for mammal migration, researchers say. The new title holder is ...

Four gray whales were found dead in the San Francisco Bay Area in nine days, beginning March 31. One of the whales was hit by a ship, the Associated Press reported. Causes of death for the other th… ...