By NOAA News Service The number of gray whale calves migrating with their mothers along the West Coast this year was one of the lowest on record, NOAA Fisheries […]
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Pacific coast gray whales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20-30 years, Oregon State study finds
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length […]
Sea urchins devouring kelp beds off Oregon coast have indirect, negative impact on local gray whales, OSU study finds
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact […]
Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the […]
Number of West Coast gray whales continues seven-year decline, say NOAA researchers, but there are some promising signs
By NOAA NEWS SERVICE and YACHATSNEWS The number of gray whales that migrate along the West Coast continued their decline this winter from a high seven years ago, but […]
Monday’s unusual and well-documented killing of gray whale calf by 11 orcas helps scientists learn more about marine predation
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The lethal encounter between a pod of killer whales and two migrating gray whales off Oregon’s central coast this week is writing a new chapter in […]
New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Scarlett is known for the large scar on her back. Equal bears the mark of a boat propeller injury. Roller Skate’s fluke […]