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The most recent data from NOAA shows a major decline in gray whale populations compared to a year ago. Here's what to know.

Pacific gray whale numbers have dropped to their lowest point since the 1970s, with calf numbers also at a record low. The decline follows a previous "unusual mortality event" from 2019-2023 ...

An 18th gray whale was found dead in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2025, experts say. A dead minke whale was also found. Experts unsure what’s causing spike.

The dead male gray whale washed up at Lands End on Saturday, June 7, the California Academy of Sciences said in a June 9 news release. No necropsy was performed, so the cause of death remains ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Six gray whales have died in and around the San Francisco Bay over the past week, bringing the total number of whales that have washed up this year to 15, according to the ...

The whale marks the fourth gray whale to wash up in San Francisco Bay this year People view a dead gray whale that washed up on the shoreline of the Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda ...

In 2016, NOAA researchers estimated the gray whale population at 27,000, declining to below 15,000 in 2023 before rebounding to a rough estimate of 19,000 in 2024.