Sounding the alarm. The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists ...

Blue whales have been singing less, and it could be a bellwether of climate change. Warming oceans affect the availability of ...

The waters off California have grown quieter, and scientists are listening. New research from the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...

As blue whales struggled, humpbacks adapted. Unlike their strictly krill-dependent cousins, they feed on sardines and anchovies too—fish that weren’t impacted by The Blob. Humpback whale songs ...

Scientists have discovered that changing ocean climates are affecting seabird distribution in the California Current Ecosystem, which could be an indicator of troubling changes ahead. A new study ...

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

The whale was resting on top of the water and wasn’t feeding or diving — just snorkeling along very quietly, according to the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies research team, a ...

On May 24, scientists were shocked and excited to spot a North Pacific right whale — one of the rarest whale species in the world — off the coast of Marin County, California.

News National News One of world’s rarest whales seen off California coast A Northern Pacific right whale was spotted on Friday, May 24, 2024. at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

In an extraordinary sighting, a critically endangered North Pacific right whale was spotted off the Marin County coast on Friday, thrilling scientists. One of the rarest whales in the world, only ...