It was mostly gray whales on their way north that were watched ... Fin whales derive their name from the noticeable, curved dorsal fins located close to their tails. 5. Fin whales hold the distinction ...

These whales have been seen bearing an average of more than 400 pounds or 180 kilograms of barnacles and whale lice. Unlike many other whale species, gray whales lack dorsal fins. Instead, they sport ...

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Two Los Angeles-area boaters on Saturday spotted a juvenile gray whale that had recently been killed by orcas and was missing most of its head. Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the ACS-LA Gray ...

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Early Sunday a juvenile gray whale that was killed by five orcas off Los Angeles County washed ashore on Dockweiler State Beach. Below is the backstory, which we published on Saturday. Two Los ...

Five seconds later, a stunned Mr Simancas bobbed to the surface, as the whale’s dorsal fin again emerged above the surface of the frigid grey water. “I thought he’d swallowed me!” Mr Simancas ...

It may or may not have a dorsal fin, depending on the species. Their colors include gray, dark gray, light gray, black, and white. However, you’ll usually see black and white together on the mammal ...

You may be aware that Chinook salmon return from the ocean to their spawning grounds in Idaho, but what you might not know is the Idaho Fish and Game uses Chinook dorsal fin rays to obtain their ...

Adrián Simancas was paddling off the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on Saturday when the giant whale surged out of the water ...