Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

The whales are now headed north. In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which was described by veterinarians and pathologists at the Marine Mammal Center ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius ...

Baleen whales are some of the most unique and breathtaking animals. These huge marine mammals are some of the biggest to have ...

Between March and May, gray whales migrate from Mexico, where they breed and give birth, up north through the San Francisco ...

Baleen whales are unique and breathtaking animals and are known for undertaking some of the longest migrations in the world.

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this ...

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this winter that researchers and others worry they may be witnessing another ...

Taken together, the deaths have raised the specter of past “unusual mortality events” that caused whales to die in ...

Since February, marine rescue centers have been overwhelmed responding to sea lions, dolphins and birds found sick and dying ...

The Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center is probing the death of a female gray whale that washed up on Black Sands Beach in the Marin Headlands.