Citizen scientists at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center are documenting a historic low in Gray Whale sightings, but the ...

She has yet to be able to get a look at the whale's tail flukes, she said, which are unique to each whale and could provide some history on the animal. "The weather's been extremely challenging, and ...

Experts with whom photos and video of the whale were shared have concluded it likely lost its flukes due to entanglement, she said. But it’s not known exactly what it became entangled in. One of ...

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

A humpback whale that was first observed half a year ago off the Monterey coast to be entangled in lines from a Dungeness ...

The gray whales make a remarkable 10,000-to-12,000-mile round trip migration from Alaska to their Mexican nurseries each year ...

One sign of seasonal change for locals is people flocking to Monterey Bay in the spring and fall to view migrating whales.

Maui whale rescue responder Ed Lyman and his partner, David Mattila, are well aware of the difficulties and dangers ...

While multiple kinds of whales frequent the Pacific coast, the spring season’s focus is migratory gray whales travelling ...

Caption Example photo of a humpback whale fluke from which identification of individuals is enabled through distinction of fluke shape and coloration. This photo by T. Cheeseman is of the ...

A fluke lifting into the air ... when at least seven, but up to nine, gray whales were seen in the bay in a single day. “In terms of recent years, this is quite high,” spokesperson Giancarlo ...