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Drone footage shared by Monterey Bay Whale Watch in Monterey Bay, California, shows two sightings of grey whales on their southbound migration, from Alaska to Mexico.Attracted to the bay by ...
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), [1] also known as the grey whale, [5] is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age.
Colleen Talty, a marine biologist on the trip to track the annual migration of Gray whales headed to breeding lagoons off Mexico's Baja California coast, called it “pretty amazing” to see more than 1,500 dolphins cavorting all around their boat.
A gray whale surfaces with open eyes in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California, where the species goes to calve and nurse its young. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) The story of the gray whales ...
Anacapa State Marine Reserve is significant for its location on an important gray whale migration route. Gray whales spend their summers feeding in the nutrient-rich waters of the Arctic, and in September they start migrating south along the coastline to breed and calve in Baja California, Mexico. Between February and April, gray whales return ...
A gray whale has spent a record 75 days in the San Francisco Bay. Scientists are concerned about the possibility of ship strikes.
The crew of the Calypso studies the little-known California gray whale, as this once-endangered species embarks on its 5,000-mile annual breeding migration. The team observes the intimate relationships between these creatures, including mating and the feeding of a baby gray.
The agency has estimated the total number of eastern north Pacific Gray whales to be between 17,400 to 21,300, an increase from an estimated 13,200 to 15,960 whales last year.