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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.
Between 2018 and 2023, hundreds of gray whale carcasses washed up along the West Coast. A food shortage led to the phenomenon, which is over, scientists say.
The gray whale population experienced an unusual mortality event from 2019 to 2023, which scientists believe was caused by a decrease in available prey in the northern Arctic seas, ...
The eastern North Pacific gray whales were removed from the endangered species list in 1994, after recovering from the whaling era. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News.
There is no information about fin whales in areas outside of the Northern Atlantic, where they still hold the status of being endangered. A complete list of whale conservation statuses as listed by the IUCN is given below. Note that, in the case of the blue and gray whales, the IUCN distinguishes the statuses of various populations.
Blue whale: Balaenoptera musculus: Oceanic E Bowhead whale: Balaena mysticetus: Oceanic (north latitudes only) E Fin whale: Balaenoptera physalus: Oceanic E Gray whale: Eschrichtius robustus: North Pacific Ocean—coastal and Bering Sea, formerly North Atlantic Ocean E Humpback whale: Megaptera novaeangliae: Oceanic E Right whales: Eualaena spp ...
A segment of the gray whale population is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The entire species once faced a risk of extinction because of commercial hunting. Once common ...
The beautiful Gray Whale has been extinct from the Atlantic Ocean since the 1700’s, but there are still estimated to be around 20,000 of these creatures swimming the Pacific Ocean.