Minke whales are not endangered in the U.S. but are ... That is the area near the fluke, which she described as what the whale uses to swim. The injury would be consistent with a vessel striking ...

A minke whale that spent the last week swimming in Long Beach Harbor despite efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute it back to deeper waters died this weekend, officials confirmed.

A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach Harbor died from domoic acid poisoning, tests show. The poisoning is associated with the toxic algae bloom that has sickened and killed other ...

“It’s displaying signs that are abnormal for a whale to continue to beach itself consecutively like this over a week’s time.” A minke whale — possibly the same species as the animal ...

The Marine Mammal Center/X A rare minke whale had to be euthanized on Tuesday, April 8, after getting stuck in shallow waters near the Emeryville Marina in California's San Francisco Bay.

Earlier on Tuesday, the minke whale once again stuck itself in mud at low tide in the same area. The Marine Mammal Center officials made the decision to euthanize the whale after determining that ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. A rarely spotted juvenile minke whale that stranded itself on a mudflat in the San Francisco Bay near ...

A juvenile minke whale stranded multiple times in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized due to its deteriorating health. The whale, rarely seen in the area, exhibited signs of severe sunburn ...

A single minke whale has spent several days lingering in the Catalina Landing in downtown Long Beach, and wildlife experts are continuing to monitor it in hopes that it can find its way back to ...