Douglas McCauley is a professor in marine ecology at UC Santa Barbara, and he’s long collaborated with NOAA employees to predict where endangered species of whales, like the blue whale, might be in ...

As they continued further into their excursion, “there it was” — the season’s first blue whale, officials said. In the ...

The 2025 season for the voluntary NOAA and Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies (BWBS) programs will begin on May 1 and conclude on December 31.

It was something they never expected to see: the largest mammal in the world swimming off the coast of New Jersey. Last weekend, about 50 passengers and crew aboard the Cape May Whale Watch and ...

Sperm whales have extremely large heads that make up about one-third of their total body length, the NOAA said. There are usually between 20 and 26 large teeth on each side of the whale’s lower ...

THIS IS THE WHALE WATCHING COMMUNITY, OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR LOCAL CRAB FISHERY. THEY'RE ALL BEING HARMED BY THESE CUTS." BECAUSE OF THESE CUTS, NOAA IS PUTTING OFF A PLAN TO INCLUDE DUNGENESS CRAB ...

NOAA ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT CREWS FREED A HUMPBACK ... the captain and owner of Blue Ocean Whale Watch in Moss Landing, California. “It’s great news to share, so we are letting them know.” ...