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Unprecedented numbers of gray whales are being spotted in San Francisco Bay, and nobody really knows why. Experts only have educated guesses about the prevalence of porpoises, dolphins and ...
Gray whales have experienced similar declines before but their numbers fully recovered,” NOAA said. Indeed, gray whale numbers have dropped as low as 15,000 in 1978-79 and 1992-93, and 16,000 in ...
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.
The number of Pacific gray whales increased an estimated 33% compared to a year ago, offering continued evidence that the mammals are recovering.
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.
Gray Whales off Oregon Coast: Newport, Oregon: August 29, 1994 60: Spyhopping Gray Whale: San Francisco, California: September 5, 1994: Across from Pier 39 61: Grays off the San Francisco Coast: San Francisco, California: September 5, 1994: Between Pier 39 and Aquarium 62: Celebrating Gray Whales: Hollywood, California: September 12, 1994 ...
Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
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, resulting in a ...