New NOAA research shows that humpbacks were the most entangled species, followed by gray whales, right whales and minke ...

Nearly two dozen whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent months, according to animal rescue groups.

Josh Pedley, of the Sea Watch Foundation, said: "The weather was perfect, with low winds creating a flat calm sea and this helped us get some stunning views and footage of one of the whales as they ...

Marine biologists are sounding the warning bells over an alarming trend in the San Francisco Bay Area: Whales are dying at an unprecedented level in the city's waters. While whales have always died in ...

Summer is the best time to witness our rich marine wildlife. As the Wildlife Trusts kick off its National Marine Week, we ...

Scientists are investigating a sharp rise in the number of whales killed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2025 even as local whale pods struggle to recover from a massive die-off in 2019.The ...

The minke whale doesn’t seem sick, skinny, injured or in danger. There’s no explanation of why it is in the waterway, but the hope is it can navigate its way back out to the open ocean, said ...

A rare minke whale that was spotted in the waters of San Francisco Bay was humanely euthanized on April 8, 2025 after local wildlife officials determined the mammal had little chance of survival ...

EMERYVILLE, California (KGO) — A rare juvenile minke whale that became stranded in an offshore mudflat in Emeryville on Tuesday had to be humanely euthanized after officials determined the ...

Volunteers from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center move a dead minke whale to a higher point of Sunset Beach in Cape May County, New Jersey, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

Spectators first noticed the whale, dubbed “Bob the Minke Whale,” on March 31, near the Harbor Breeze charter boats. It later made its way to Shoreline Village and then near the Catalina Express.

EMERYVILLE, California (KGO) — A rare juvenile minke whale that became stranded in an offshore mudflat in Emeryville on Tuesday had to be humanely euthanized after officials determined the ...