Here’s how to ensure that your trip does more good than harm. A gray whale “spyhops,” a vertical position that allows the whale to check out its surroundings, as a boat lingers in the ...

Somewhere in the North Pacific Ocean there is a whale. There are, of course, many whales, if rather fewer than there were a couple of hundred years ago. But this whale is different. It is a male ...

A gray whale has swum the longest distance ever recorded in a marine vertebrate—more than 16,700 miles—over halfway around the world. The male cetacean, spotted off Namibia in 2013 ...

The third dead whale to wash ashore on the B.C. coast this month was discovered Thursday at Port McNeill Bay. The young Bryde’s whale is rarely seen this far north and is usually found in warmer ...

Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert at the scene said Friday that there’s likely no connections between the ...

The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a dead whale, seen in this handout image from Marine Education and Research Society, was found on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, on a beach near Port ...

PORT MCNEILL — Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there’s likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis ...

Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert at the scene said Friday that there’s likely no connections between the latest ...

The young Bryde’s whale, which normally ranges much farther south in tropical waters, was discovered Thursday at Port McNeill Bay. It was initially believed to be a minke whale, but was later co ...

A whale rare to Northern Vancouver Island waters has washed ashore on a remote beach. On May 14, the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation from nearby Cormorant Island, was informed that a deceased whale was found ...

A study has found humpback whale encounters may influence people watching from the surface. The study examined the role of sound, including whale vocalisations and fin slaps, in shaping visitor ...

Gran Baya, as it was called by those who founded the station in 1530s, was used as a base for coastal hunting, butchering, rendering of whale fat by heading to produce oil and storage. It became a ...