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Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washingtons coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for …

Large numbers of the animals are being found dead around the islands where the marine mammals breed.

Large numbers of the animals are being found dead around the islands where the marine mammals breed.

After a beached whale turned up on the Oregon Coast over the weekend, those who braved the nearly 2 mile hike to see it said the sight was worth the trek.

Officials are urging people to avoid a stretch of the north Oregon coast after a dead humpback whale washed ashore Monday morning. The whale came ashore on the sands of Nehalem Bay State Park, …

Researchers have observed an unusual number of dead baby sea lions on islands off the California coast. Experts are testing for pathogens.

There’s good news for whale lovers on the Oregon coast. The number of gray whales that migrated south along the Pacific Coast this winter have rebounded sharply to numbers not seen in four years, according to the fisheries unit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. The increase is large enough and signs […] The post NOAA researchers announce 33% increase in gray whale numbers, end investigation into die-off appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Fragments of a heavily-decomposed whale carcass washed ashore near the La Jolla Shores Hotel Wednesday night, a city of San Diego spokesperson confirmed...

Fragments of a heavily-decomposed whale carcass washed ashore near the La Jolla Shores Hotel Wednesday night, a city of San Diego spokesperson confirmed...

The whale carcass was discovered on the beach in front of the La Jolla Shores Hotel on Wednesday evening, and the remains were taken to a landfill on Thursday