The number of eastern north Pacific gray whales increased an estimated 33% compared to a year ago, offering continued evidence the gigantic mammals are recovering from what biologists termed a ...

Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, say a big rebound in the number of migrating gray whales with calves helped them declare an end to their “unusual mortality ...

Gulls feed on a dead gray whale in San Francisco Bay recently. Live whales and other cetaceans have become a more common sight in the bustling waters. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) When Bill Keener ...