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New peril for gray whale survival? Predatory orcas spotted in Baja calving lagoon
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA gray whale calf and its mother swim close to a boat in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, last...
Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoResearchers suspect that starvation may have killed half off all gray whales off the Pacific Coast...
Gray whales continue to wash up dead and emaciated, but causes remain elusive
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMarch 2020 photo of a gray whale surfacing with open eyes in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California....
The Blue Whale Is One of the Loudest Animals on Earth
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal that has ever lived. Gerard Soury /...
Morro Bay group says offshore wind development surveys kill marine life. Is that true?
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA local advocacy group claims that the companies set to install wind turbines in the Pacific Ocean...
Fran, California's 'most popular' whale, likely killed by ship collision, officials say
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSAUSALITO, Calif. – A popular humpback whale that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend probably was killed by a collision with a ship, researchers said. A necropsy determined ...
Washington’s Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as US waives conservation law
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday...
There are 340 North Atlantic right whales left. A small underwater robot could save them
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLike a dance, a right whale calf twirls and loops around its mother, nearly touching her with every...
Dead gray whale beached near Ocean City
The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 12—The cause of death for a gray whale that washed up on a beach just south of Ocean City was unknown shortly after reports came in Wednesday evening. Marine mammal officials planned to ...
Malnutrition, ship strikes likely cause of spate of whale strandings
The Daily World, Aberdeen, Wash. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 16—A lack of feeding and in one case, a ship strike were likely the causes of death for a series of gray whales that washed ashore in the county through the summer. Numbers are a bit higher ...