A new approach to better assessing whale population data has emerged, led by a research team of marine biologists from ...

A gray whale found dead along an Oxnard-area beach has been towed offshore after a brief exam, officials said. Channel ...

Nobody likes a mama’s boy. That’s true whether you’re trying to date on Duval Street or praying with your girlfriends over a ...

Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But now, climate change is making that refuge disappear.

A Bay Area congressman rolled out a new plan that aims to make Bay Area waters safer for migrating whales. This comes after a dead whale was spotted this week near Alcatraz, marking the ninth dead ...

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 settled onto Seaside Beach last Tuesday around Avenue K, the 40-foot animal ...

Courtesy of Tiffany Boothe / Seaside Aquarium Last Tuesday, a 40-foot gray whale floated ashore on Seaside Beach, its long tail bobbing in the ocean waves. A necropsy on Friday revealed the whale was ...

A pair of scientists set down their binoculars as fog drifted over the ocean and covered the rocky San Simeon coastline on a recent Thursday afternoon. Normally, the scientists scan the horizon for ...

Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply. But this ...

Gray whales have one of the longest known migrations of any mammal — from the Arctic near Alaska, to the lagoons of Baja Mexico, where they mate and give birth. This annual migration, longer than ...