Fishing gear developers and fishermen pioneered a new way to fish for crab that virtually eliminates risk to migrating and ...

When scientists label a whale’s death as part of an unusual mortality event, or UME, that doesn’t mean that the whale’s cause ...

All of California was swept up in Humphrey fever when the wayward humpback whale found himself stuck twice in the Bay Area.

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

Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California’s Channel Islands as fish and sea lions weave through the golden ...

A year later, the National Marine Fisheries Service declared an Unusual Mortality Event for humpback whales along the Atlantic ... compared to 16 in 2023, two in 2022, and 18 in 2021.

with humpback whales now seen at densities similar to those a century earlier, when whaling first began at South Georgia.” The research team were also able to satellite tag two rare southern ...

There was so much life in the area — baitfish, diving birds, dozens of dolphins — and then we saw it,” said Kim Jones, dean of arts and sciences at Brunswick Community College.

FROM THE LIVING ROOM window of their waterfront home, Carol and Tony Anello have watched the rise and fall of Bodega Bay.

Along the California coast, nearly all of the humpback whales belong to one of two distinct herds, together totaling 5,000 whales, that migrate from the West Coast to breed near either Mexico or ...

In 1904, Italian trader Joseph Perano was fishing when two humpback whales rose beside him, knocking the oars from his hands. Coastal trade had been slowing down, so Jospeh took this as a sign to ...

Despite the "Moby Dick" thoughts of all whales only being found off New England or in the Pacific off California, there were historically a slew of sperm and humpback whales in residence ... t been ...