Necropsies Unveil More about Mass Gray Whale Deaths
Hundreds of gray whales in the eastern Pacific Ocean have died since last year, and scientists are beginning to understand why. >> read more …
Categorie: grijze walvis
Protected on One Side of the Border, Hunted on the Other
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 …
Health of Grey whales declines
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 …
What killed hundreds of mighty gray whales? Beloved Puget Sound visitors may hold clues
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, […]
Gray whales strand more often on days with increased levels of atmospheric radio-frequency noise
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 …
Investigation of West Coast Gray Whale Strandings Continues as Whales Head South for the Winter
he Central California survey counts migrating whales for a new population assessment. >> read more …
Tiny Gray Whale Calf Bonds With Mom in Heartwarming Drone Video
Beautiful drone video filmed near Dana Point, California, the Dolphin and Whale Watching Capital of the World®, during one of our daily whale watching cruises, of a mother and calf gray whale making their way south to Baja California, Mexico.
Solar Storms Might Be Causing Gray Whales to Get Lost
AUSTIN, Texas — Migrating animals that live in Earth’s oceans may have a closer relationship with the sun than we thought. New research shows that healthy gray whales are nearly five times more likely to strand when there is a high prevalence of sunspots, and therefore high levels of radio waves emitted from solar storms. […]
121 gray whales found dead on beaches, cause of death unknown
Something killed 121 gray whales this spring and summer, and scientists are struggling to find out what it was. >> read more …
De grijze walvis van Wijster
Rond 1960 vond er bij Wijster een opgraving plaats naar een nederzetting uit de 2de – 4de eeuw na Christus. Één van de vondsten was een gehoorkapsel of bulla tymapnica van een walvis. >> lees verder …
Scientists are worried that a thousand gray whales have died so far this year
Pacific gray whales are showing up dead in North America’s oceans and shores at a rate four-times greater than typical. As of July 11, 182 gray whales have been found dead or beached this year in Mexico, the US, and Canada according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). >> read more …
Recent Birch Bay gray whale sightings worry wildlife experts
For about a month from mid-June to mid-July, at least one gray whale explored Birch Bay, feeding in the muddy, shallow waters. While the visit was exciting for those who spotted the whale breaching in the bay, it may be an ominous sign for the eastern North Pacific gray whale population. >> read more …