California leads spike in whale entanglements last year, NOAA report says
The number of large whale entanglements in U.S. waters increased steeply in 2024, with California seeing the most of the incidents, a U.S. government report said.
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The number of large whale entanglements in U.S. waters increased steeply in 2024, with California seeing the most of the incidents, a U.S. government report said.
Officials praised as "incredible" the efforts made by hundreds of people to help save the foundering pilot whales.
With all eyes on the ocean during the final day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti, a whale breached and gave spectators and photographers an amazing Olympics moment.
An incredible video captured the moment a whale off the coast of New Hampshire capsized a boat, sending two men flying into the ocean.
A famous white orca called "Frosty" was seen this week by a whale-watching tour group off the coast of Newport Beach in California.
The whales hunted sea lions, the Monterey Bay Whale Watch said, before traveling northwest.
Dozens of other pilot whales were saved but ended up re-stranded further down the beach.
Officials announced plans on Thursday to transfer the orca, now 57, from the Miami Seaquarium to "home waters" in the Pacific Northwest.
Recent years have seen record West Coast whale deaths, with the notable exception of 2020, when the pandemic all but stopped international shipping.
Researchers found multiple types of fishing nets, plastic bags and other debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale.
A small boat from Newport Coastal Adventure was about 30 miles off the coast of Newport Beach when a pod of sperm whales started breaching on Monday.
