Nearly two dozen whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent months, according to animal rescue groups.

The California Academy of Sciences and partners at The Marine Mammal Center confirmed 24 whales have died in the wider San ...

Scientists are investigating a sharp rise in the number of whales killed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2025 even as local whale pods struggle to recover from a massive die-off in 2019.The ...

Josh Pedley, of the Sea Watch Foundation, said: "The weather was perfect, with low winds creating a flat calm sea and this helped us get some stunning views and footage of one of the whales as they ...

A dead minke whale washed up on the northern beaches of the Outer Banks Tuesday evening, the third dead whale to turn up near the Virginia Beach coast in the last three days.

A dead minke whale was found floating in the lower Raritan Bay on Thursday by the U.S. Coast Guard, according to stranding center staff. The whale, estimated between 16 and 18 feet long, ...

A minke whale also washed up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts on May 4. The public is asked to stay at least 300 feet from the whale and report sightings to the MMSC’s 24-hour hotline at 609-266-0538.

Minke whales are not as well studied as other species of baleen whales, in part because they can be harder to find and tag. “The data in this study represent more information on a poorly studied ...

The minke whale, with a sleek body with a brownish-grey color, feeds in the ice-covered or nearshore waters around Antarctica and migrates to more temperate or tropical climates to breed.

The minke whale, with a sleek body with a brownish-grey color, feeds in the ice-covered or nearshore waters around Antarctica and migrates to more temperate or tropical climates to breed.

A minke whale and her one-year-old calf are dragged aboard the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling vessel (2008). Photo courtesy of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.