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Between May and July of 2013, a single grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) was spotted off the coast of Namibia. This was odd, as while there have been rare sightings of this species in the Atlantic Ocean, they are usually confined to the northern hemisphere. >> read more …
Voor de kust van Zuid-Frankrijk is de afgelopen dagen voor het eerst een grijze walvis gesignaleerd. Het ongeveer vijftien maanden oude en acht meter lange exemplaar werd de afgelopen weken al gespot voor de kust van Marokko en Italië. Het Franse reddingsnetwerk voor gestrande zeezoogdieren (RNE) vermoedt dat de ongewone bezoeker is verdwaald. >> lees … Meer lezen
Scientists struggle to explain why the gray whale population plummeted by nearly a quarter between 2016 and 2020. >> read more …
Since January 1, 2019, elevated gray whale strandings have occurred along the west coast of North America from Mexico through Alaska. This event has been declared an Unusual Mortality Event (UME). >> read more …
Hundreds of gray whales in the eastern Pacific Ocean have died since last year, and scientists are beginning to understand why. >> read more …
Differing interpretations on the status of some coastal gray whales in Canada and the United States could make it difficult to strike a balance between conservation and Indigenous rights. >> read more …
Three years of “health check-ups” on Oregon’s summer resident gray whales shows a compelling relationship between whales’ overall body condition and changing ocean conditions that likely limited availability of prey for the mammals, a new study from Oregon State University indicates. >> read more …
The mighty grays undertake one of the longest migrations of any mammal, traveling from Arctic feeding grounds to calving areas in Mexico, then back north again come spring. A small group of about a dozen whales pause along the way, sticking around in northern Puget Sound typically from March through May, though some arrive earlier, … Meer lezen
We use 31 years of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) stranding data to build on earlier work that found a positive relationship between strandings and sunspot counts. The increase in strandings under high solar activity is best explained by an effect on the sensor, not on the magnetic field itself. >> read more …
he Central California survey counts migrating whales for a new population assessment. >> read more …