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

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.

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

The number of gray whales that migrated past Central California is the smallest since federal protections began.

Bodega Head, a rocky peninsula that juts out into the Pacific, offers some of the most spectacular coastal views in Northern ...

The most recent data from NOAA shows a major decline in gray whale populations compared to a year ago. Here's what to know.

It’s definitely a continuation of a downward trend.” Changing behavior Whale behavior may be changing as some of the planet’s largest mammals cope with a declining food supply, Stewart and others said ...

Scientists say they’ve seen a surprising number of gray whale strandings this year during their migration up the west coast — 13 as of late May in Washington alone, which is more than twice ...

He headed NOAA’s large whale research program for the northeastern U.S. from 2011 to 2019, then led the New England Aquarium’s right whale research program through 2022.