The lobstermen went against fishing protocol by dropping their northeast endlines to reduce the number of ropes in the water.

A local resident says a prayer for a dead gray whale that washed ashore at Laguna San Ignacio in 2020. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) Recently, while sailing with friends on San Francisco Bay, I ...

Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a fellow diver, nibbling on his flippers. The diver, a graduate student, was using sponges to collect ...

Humpback whales aren’t just recovering in numbers. Learning to hunt together may help them survive a warming, unpredictable ocean.

Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging ...

Humans have played a role in virtually every instance where scientists could determine a cause of death in North Atlantic right whales between 2003-2018, according to past news coverage. Credit: File ...

America’s lobster fishery is getting close to the date when it will have to contend with new rules designed to try to save a species of whale from extinction. The North Atlantic right whale numbers ...

The blue whale's babies weigh more than an adult person. People thought that whales were fish because they live in the water. Blue whales breathe air but live in the water. The blue whale is ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National Geographic issued a record-breaking album of those tunes alongside a story about ...

Recently, while sailing with friends on San Francisco Bay, I enjoyed the sight of harbor porpoises, cormorants, pelicans, seals and sea lions — and then the spouting plume and glistening back of a ...