Orange County News Navy ship almost hits gray whales off Dana Point Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Eileen Frere More: Bio, Twitter, Recent Stories, News Team DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) — The Navy’s new ship, the USS Coronado, nearly slammed into … Continue reading
Please take a moment to read our March 2014 Newsletter. Select the image below to view a printable PDF or click this link. … Continue reading
Whale Whisperer Don Pachico Mayoral is Gone Posted by Carl Safina of Blue Ocean Institute on October 27, 2013 (2) Share on email More » Don Pachico Mayoral, the first man to make physical contact and develop friendly relationships … Continue reading
Gray whales champion Mayoral dies (10-23 10:59) Francisco Mayoral, a noted defender of Mexico’s gray whales and one of the country’s earliest and most-experienced whale-watching guides, died of a stroke Tuesday in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. He was 72. A … Continue reading
Gray whale baby boom holding strong despite persistent sea ice in 2012 Alex DeMarban August 14, 2013 Gray Whale breaching. Gray Whales are distinguished from Humpbacks by their lack of a dorsal fin, among other characteristics. Merrill Gosho / NOAA … Continue reading
An unusual case of care-giving behavior in wild long-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus capensis) in the East Sea Kyum J. Park1,*, Hawsun Sohn1, Yong R. An1, Dae Y. Moon2, Seok G. Choi1, Doo H. An1 Supportive behavior in cetaceans refers to … Continue reading
A photo taken about 600 feet above the waters around Catalina Island by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a dozen long-beaked common dolphins getting a free ride from a migrating gray whale. The dolphins are pushed along by the … Continue reading
This is a fantastic shot giving some idea of the extraordinary curiosity of the Gray whales. Not to mention the bravery of those folks in the panga as they must surely have been a tad worried the whale would come … Continue reading
This whale looks very thin – Sue Arnold First Gray Whale South of Equator on Record May 17, 2013 Images of the stray gray while sighted off the coast of Namibia in early May 2013. A gray whale that was … Continue reading
Gray whale photographed off Namibia is first-ever documentation of species in Southern Hemisphere Lost and lonely whale could have entered Atlantic via Northwest Passage May 14, 2013 by Pete Thomas A gray whale has been spotted and photographed off Namibia, marking … Continue reading