Gray whales are dying off the Pacific Coast again, and scientists aren’t sure why A gray whale pushes her calf to the surface in Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, on Feb. 21, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los ...

An extremely rare gray whale was spotted in the Atlantic. Scientists say it’s only the beginning. The healthy animal, spotted March 1 off Cape Cod, used the ice-free Northwest Passage to access ...

In a rare event, a gray whale has been spotted off the coast of Massachusetts. It's a species that has been extinct from the Atlantic for more than 200 years. The whale was spotted last Friday by ...

Gray whales disappeared from the Atlantic Ocean by the 18th century and have only been found up until ... because this animal was something that should not really exist in these waters,” said ...

This year’s whale deaths are outpacing the high numbers seen during the unusual mortality event from 2019 to 2023.

Six gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay area in the past week, ... “As of today, May 28, 2025, a necropsy (animal autopsy) was conducted at Kirby Cove in the Marin Headlands.

At 5,000 to 7,000 miles, the migration of gray whales is one of the longest among mammals, according to the American Cetacean Society. In the fall, they start leaving their summer feeding grounds ...

So far in 2025, 13 gray whales and one minke whale have died in the region. Three of the deaths were caused by likely vessel strikes. A busy year for whales in the Bay.

The whale that was reported near Point Isabel in Richmond was the 19th dead gray whale in Bay Area waters this year and the 22nd ... Pemberton said it’s possible that the unusual phenomenon could be ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Oregon State Parks volunteers will be stationed at 15 sites along the Oregon Coast from Dec. 27 through Dec. 31 to help whale lovers see gray whales in their natural habitat, with the population's ...

On May 26, two additional gray whales stranded, CalAcademy said. One gray whale was located at Point Bonita. A suspected gray whale also washed up at Alcatraz. Both animals’ causes of death are ...