Whale-watching tour boat operators across Southern California have reported an unusually large increase in orca sightings over recent weeks, which some experts say might be a sign of a shifting ocean ...

Grays endure an epic roundtrip journey of 10,000 miles or more, and California holds a prime seat through May. Along with being a migratory route for grays and humpbacks, this stretch of Pacific Coast ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- A 30-foot juvenile humpback whale has made Pillar Point Harbor its home for the past day or so. The opportunity to see a whale so close has brought people from across ...

With the signing of an inter-institutional management agreement, the 2026 humpback whale-watching season was officially ...

BOATERS WERE REALLY JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. MAYDAY, MAYDAY. A DISTRESS CALL TO THE COAST GUARD FOR A CAPSIZED BOAT AFTER IT WAS HIT BY THIS BREACHING HUMPBACK WHALE, SENDING TWO ...

RYE — Area marine life experts say Tuesday’s whale breach and boat strike off the coast of Rye was the “perfect storm of bad timing.” Experts are urging boaters to be mindful of the massive mammal as ...

A dead humpback whale that was hauled out of Portland Harbor in Maine is secured onto a trailer on June 6, 2024. A landmark law passed more than 50 years ago to protect whales, dolphins and other ...

Learn about the different ideas that came together in Massachusetts to make the right whale the "right" whale to represent the state.

The appearance of a northern bottlenose whale in London caused a huge stir and was watched by millions.

Alisa Schulman-Janiger, a marine biologist, cetacean researcher and educator, was honored on Sunday, Dec. 1 for her 40 years of dedication to the ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project. In a ...