Thar they blow! An abundance of whales near Bay Area beaches
One of the best nature shows in California is happening right now, just off our beaches and piers. While whales are a common summer sighting from Monterey to Point Reyes, …
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Huge Whale Capsizes Fishing Boat Off East Coast Of U.S.
A large whale smashed a fishing boat Tuesday morning just off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sending two people into the drink. It is just the latest volley in …
Entangled humpback seen of California coast
Marine mammal rescue teams have urged boaters in waters off Orange County and San Diego counties to be alert for an entangled juvenile humpback whale that appears to still be …
These Photos May Show the World’s Rarest Whale
There is remarkably little known about spade-toothed whales. No one has ever seen one alive and it is listed as “Data Deficient” by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. …
Rare whale sighted off Point Reyes coast
In an extraordinary sighting, a critically endangered right whale was spotted off the Marin County coast on Friday, thrilling scientists. One of the rarest whales in the world, fewer than …
Researchers follow orca ‘flukeprints’ in Monterey Bay
Each spring gray whales migrate north from Mexico, towing their newborn calves over the formidable Monterey Canyon for the first time. Orcas also come into the bay. to hunt the …
White orca Frosty, now 4, spotted off California with transient pod CA216
A light-skin orca dubbed Frosty was spotted Monday, April 29, off Newport Beach frolicking alongside a pod of killer whales that always brings a buzz when it makes a surprise …
Whale found near Alameda likely died after being hit by ship
SAN FRANCISCO – A gray whale found floating off the coast of Alameda on April 20 likely died due to blunt force trauma from a vessel strike, according to a …
Season’s first blue whale does ‘greyhounding lunges’ off California coast
With a flurry of exciting whale sightings off Southern California in recent weeks, it comes as no surprise that the season’s first blue whale has also been spotted and, in …
Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, researcher says
MELBOURNE: More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast Thursday have returned to sea, while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said. Researcher …