Watch: Whale carcass that washed ashore in Alameda towed across San Francisco Bay
A gray whale carcass found over the weekend on a beach in Alameda was towed across San Francisco Bay Monday morning so researchers can find out what killed it.
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A gray whale carcass found over the weekend on a beach in Alameda was towed across San Francisco Bay Monday morning so researchers can find out what killed it.
Marine biologists on Wednesday were searching for a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net a day after it was spotted off the coast of Pacifica.
A trio who's led the way in keeping San Mateo County beaches clean is launching a whale of an idea for Earth Day.
Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington state and Alaska, as well as Canada and Mexico.
Thousands of whale photos revealed that a single event known as "The Blob" managed to undo years of humpback whale recovery – and it could be a sign of what's to come.
A researcher says sea animals used to get stuck in the maze of wharfs in Osaka Bay every few years, but as the sea warms, they're being led off track.
With so many visible signs of distress, officials believe they may know what led to the young and endangered 46-foot-long fin whale's death.
A drone spotted a pod of about 10 killer whales stuck in thick sea ice off northern Japan's coast, but 24 hours later they were gone.
State officials announced Wednesday that the commercial Dungeness crab season will start off the North Coast in early January, but the season remains on hold for the rest of the California coast.
The whales hunted sea lions, the Monterey Bay Whale Watch said, before traveling northwest.
High numbers of migrating humpback whales spotted off the California coast in recent weeks have prompted state regulators to further postpone the commercial Dungeness crab season.
After the "one in a million" encounter, video shows the 55-year-old surfer back on his board, saying, "I just got hit by a whale."
Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps.
Endangered humpback whales are making cameos in the Bay one after the next, but, despite their presence, local whale tours are struggling to operate.
Endangered humpback whales are making cameos in the Bay one after the next, but, despite their presence, local whale tours are struggling to operate.
"This is something that might happen once a year if you are lucky," the marine tour company that saw the sperm whale trio said.
Scientists have determined a vessel strike caused the death of a juvenile male gray whale that washed ashore Friday near the San Leandro Marina.
California is cutting short the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines.
The death of a gray whale found on Bolinas Beach last week was most likely caused by blunt force trauma from a vessel, the Marine Mammal Center said Thursday.
Officials announced plans on Thursday to transfer the orca, now 57, from the Miami Seaquarium to "home waters" in the Pacific Northwest.
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Recent years have seen record West Coast whale deaths, with the notable exception of 2020, when the pandemic all but stopped international shipping.
Nine dead whales have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in recent months. Some are blaming offshore wind energy sites, but federal officials are pushing back.
Researchers found multiple types of fishing nets, plastic bags and other debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale.
For the fourth year in a row, the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California will be delayed to protect humpback whales.
