PUGET SOUND, Wash. — The first of many Sounder gray whales returning to Puget Sound was seen in the Salish Sea earlier this week. The whale’s appearance marks the continuance of a recent trend of ...

A marine life enthusiast captured the first gray whale of the migration season off the coast of Los Angeles, California, in calm blue-water conditions on 1. The American Cetacean Society said that a ...

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 ...

Each year, gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) complete one of the most impressive journeys in the animal kingdom. They travel thousands of miles between their Arctic feeding grounds and the warmer ...

About 19,000 Pacific Gray whales are traveling south to their calving waters in Baja California, said Justin Duering, an Oregon State Parks ranger based at Beverly Beach State Park in Lincoln County.

Whales have been returning to the Salish Sea earlier than usual, according to a news release from researchers. The whale “Little Patch” is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or “Sounders, ...

Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, where the animals ...

A dead gray whale washed ashore at a Los Angeles County beach on Feb. 2, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC). The whale, a 37-to-40-foot-long adult female, was found early morning ...

It's the ninth such whale death in the region this year. A dead gray whale washed ashore California's San Francisco Bay Area on Monday -- the ninth one this year, scientists said. The dead whale was ...