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Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.
A recent study from the Oceanic Acoustic Monitoring Agency noted a 60% decline in recorded whale vocalizations ... For the whales of the Pacific Northwest, time is running short.
The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...
They set sail again for the South American coast and caught their first sperm whale in the waters near Brazil. This region was largely fished out, so they headed to the Pacific in search of better ...
In response, Japan embarked on a “research whaling” program in the Antarctic Sea in 1987 and in the Northwest Pacific Ocean in 1994 to gather data on the rise in whale stocks. The meat from ...
Billionaire Jim Irsay is helping fund a $20 million plan to transport the 57-year-old mammal to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest. More from News The killer whale Tokitae, also known as ...
Once abundant, the North Pacific right whale is now the most endangered whale in the world. The Center has been leading an international fight to protect critical habitat for the North Pacific right ...