The checkerboard pattern is on their gray and brown backs ... The majority (75 percent) live in the Pacific and Indian Oceans ...

Moonstone Beach might be the crown jewel in Cambria’s natural tiara, but it’s far from a typical California beach experience. Instead of volleyball courts and concession stands, you’ll find a wild ...

I’ve been conducting raptor surveys by vehicle along Washington’s coastal beaches. Completed with a host of volunteers, the ...

The apex predators have offered up fish, birds, turtles and whales to humans around the world, according to the study.

They amuse us by wearing salmon hats, enrage us by sinking our expensive yachts, and now they have been documented sharing their meals with us – why?

Orcas, also known as killer whales, are among the most intelligent and social of marine mammals. They live in tight-knit pods ...

Continued low calf count indicates that reproduction remains depressed. The eastern North Pacific population of gray whales ...

The population of gray whales migrating along the North American Pacific Coast has dropped to levels not seen since the 1970s, according to a new report.

Federal officials are reporting the lowest numbers of gray whales counted since the 1970s. More than 20 have died in S.F. Bay ...

Bodega Head peninsula stands as the area’s geological masterpiece—a granite headland jutting dramatically into the Pacific, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Six gray whales have died in and around the San Francisco Bay over the past week, bringing the total number of whales that have washed up this year to 15, according to the ...

From 2019 through 2023, around 45% of the North Pacific gray whale population died off. Scientists have attributed the large number of deaths in the population to changes in the whales' food ...