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A whale of a time is back at the Oregon Coast
Spring Whale Watch Week kicks off Saturday along the Oregon Coast. While the weather won’t be ideal, there may be more gray whales migrating north to Alaska.
Another endangered whale found dead off East Coast, after colliding with a ship
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s announcement of the North Atlantic right whale’s death just days after it released more details about a dead right whale off Massachusetts that showed signs of entanglement in fishing gear.
Winter Whale Watch Week coming to the Oregon coast
Oregon Parks and Recreation hosts Winter Whale Watch week Dec. 27 to 31 at 15 sites along the coast.
Study shows Oregon Coast gray whales consume millions of harmful bits of plastic, clothing
Scientists estimate that several million tons of plastic enter the Pacific Ocean each year through rivers, and a new study shows Oregon Coast gray whales may be consuming large amounts of it.
This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?
On both the East and West coasts, whales are at risk of being entangled and injured by ropes used by fishermen. Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.
Fourth whale found dead on Oregon Coast, but officials say deaths are unrelated
For the fourth time in less than two weeks, a dead whale washed ashore along the Oregon Coast.
Scientists off the West Coast watch for whales — and their food
Scientists aboard the Bell M. Shimada keep an eye out for whales. One scientist hopes to help predict where whales will show up by studying the food they eat.
Record numbers of Bigg’s killer whale sightings and humpback calves in Salish Sea
Whale watchers have spotted a record number of humpback calves in inland Pacific Northwest waters this season. There was also a record streak of Bigg's killer whale sightings that just ended, according to a local whale research nonprofit. Those observations offer some good news to offset the ongoing concern about the survival of the Northwest's iconic, but critically endangered resident orcas.
Tribe wins major step toward resuming whaling off Washington’s Olympic Penninsula
An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe on the remote northwestern tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula once again be allowed to hunt gray whales — a major step in its decades-long effort to resume the ancient practice
Southern Resident grandmother orca missing and likely dead
The Bellingham Herald reports mother and grandmother L47, or Marina as she was also known, was missing from the center's 2021 census, and she hasn't been spotted since Feb. 27.