but it’s rare to encounter a baby whale without its momma. Sadly, newborn gray whales cannot feed or defend themselves if they become separated from their mothers. As Sackrison stated ...

Divers off the coast of La Jolla made an extraordinary discovery last week when they spotted the carcass of a baby whale on ...

Over the weekend, a 38-foot-long female gray whale washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach, prompting an outpouring of grief ...

Wildlife officials have launched an investigation after a dead gray whale washed ashore on Dockweiler State Beach on Sunday.

A dead gray whale washed ashore at a Los Angeles County beach on Feb. 2, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) ...

UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT ORCAS MIGHT NOT HAVE KILLED THE WHALE: Early Sunday a gray whale that was initially said by an expert to have been killed by orcas washed ashore at Dockweiler State Beach ...

The young whale, estimated to be only about 20 feet long, is believed to be a gray whale calf ... And while the death of a baby whale is sad, he sees a silver lining. "It's not wasted.

But it’s worth noting, for context, that gray whales are presently migrating from Alaska to nursing areas off Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Whale births often occur during the southbound ...