One of the best regions in the world for whale watching is in Mexico’s Baja California in the San Ignacio Lagoon. It is also ...

In May 1999, whalers from the Makah Tribe in northwestern Washington state killed a gray whale—something they had not done since the 1920s. Even the few tribal elders who could remember the last kill ...

Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine mammals find and eat food. Among the findings, described in two studies ...

Once nearly hunted to extinction, Pacific gray whales in Mexico's Laguna San Ignacio now seem to be as curious about us as we are about them. "Here she comes again!" our guide, José Sanchez ...

classified the spike in gray whale strandings as an “unusual mortality event.” So researchers began to probe the mystery: Were the massive mammals being hit by ships, tangled in fishing gear ...

After peaking at nearly 27,000 whales in 2016, the population of eastern North Pacific gray whales has plummeted to around 14,500 in 2023—a startling 46 percent decline and nearly 7,000 fewer animals ...

Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior Sep. 25, 2024 — Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in ...

For seven years, the researchers have been watching a smaller group of gray whales who have been feeding right off the coast of Newport. The largest population of gray whales swims right here ...

Since 2015, Torres and her research team have been studying the health and habits of the Pacific Coast Feeding Group, a roughly 200-member subgroup of whales who spend their summers feeding off ...

Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in the waters off the coast of Oregon. Drone footage captured by researchers in Oregon State University ...

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Drone footage captured by Oregon State University researchers off the coast of Newport offers new insights into how a gray whale’s size affects its foraging behavior and what role social ...