Before several West Coast transient (Bigg's) killer whales were spotted locally, a great white shark called Kara was recorded ...

March is a blissful month, a month when gray whale watching can begin in earnest. The eastern North Pacific gray whale ...

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 ...

This year, 13,00 gray whales are expected to swim past Oregon’s shores from late winter through June as they travel back to ...

NOAA biologists count the whales annually on their migration south starting in January, and this is the seventh year the ...

A program that follows the history of the gray whales, from the times when it was hunted to near extinction to the recovery of their population. As we expand our use of the lands and waters of this ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ever existed and are found all over the world. Despite their size, these ...

What makes Monterey Bay so appealing is what you can’t see. Starting a mile off shore from Moss Landing is the start of the third largest submarine canyon in the world. It is 292 miles long, 7.5 miles ...

As more and more data are collected we're learning not only about the prevalence of cooperation, compassion, and empathy among members of the same species (see also and) but also of instances of ...

We’ve seen plenty of heartwarming stories about people and animals becoming bonded and helping one another in some way. Many of these stories involve domesticated animals like dogs or cats — others ...

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (KABC) -- Wildlife officials are concerned about a baby gray whale that has been spotted for several days alone off the coast of Marina del Rey. Peter Wallerstein with Marine ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...