New research confirms two distinct groups of West Coast killer whales with different diets, habitats, and behaviors.

New research has confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales who live between British Columbia and California are two ...

Teams in Southern California have counted a record low number of migrating gray whales and calves so far this year. The whales have started their return trek between their summer feeding grounds in ...

Gray whale strandings, which occur during the spring months when whales migrate past the Washington coast, are happening at a higher rate than this time in past years. The strandings began on April 2 ...

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The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in the Marin Headlands. The decomposing 36-foot whale carcass was the first ...

4/15/25 (LAPost.com) — Gray whales are experiencing another mass mortality event along the North American Pacific coastline, with at least 70 whales perishing since the beginning of the year in Mexico ...

The waters near the Strait of Gibraltar, where the incident occurred, has seen an increase in orca attacks on boats since 2020 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Follow a team of scientists and filmmakers in Antarctica studying the most sophisticated hunting strategy in the animal kingdom - killer whales making waves to wash seals off floating ice. In a remote ...

A spout briefly skimming the surface of the water. A gray dorsal hump blending in with San Francisco Bay. A fluke lifting into the air, only to disappear in a flash. Gray whales are some of the most ...