got stuck and passed away," said Justin Viezbecke with NOAA. "The efforts today by our partners are going to help us figure out what happened." The minke whale was spotted near a Catalina Express ...

March 24, 2025 Minke whales, considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, can grow to more than 26 feet long and weigh as much as 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA. The whale in ...

Minke whales can grow up to 35 feet in length and weigh up to 20,000 pounds. They are typically spotted either alone or in small pods, the NOAA website states. While not considered endangered or ...

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Five more gray whales were found dead in the San Francisco Bay Area over the past week, the California Academy of Sciences ...

“This is a very difficult decision that we worked very closely in conjunction with NOAA on, but it’s guided ... this over a week’s time.” A minke whale — possibly the same species ...

The six whales washed up between May 21 and 28. The first, a yearling gray whale, washed up in Bolinas, in Marin County, on ...

A massive sea creature got “curious” about boaters off the coast of California, and onlookers are calling the moment “amazing ...

The latest death, a gray whale found in the region on Wednesday, marked the sixth whale death in as many days.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists were in La Jolla Wednesday to investigate the carcass of a 55-foot whale that had likely been dead for days before washing ashore. “It’s ...

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species ...