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Chris Johnson/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)The deaths of more than 700 West Coast gray whales since 2019 is likely the result of low food supplies caused by a lack of sea ice in the Arctic. -
Arya Surowidjojo/OPBOregon has extended rules restricting the state’s lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state’s fish and wildlife department has announced.
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The majority of captains of big commercial ships entering and leaving Puget Sound are cooperating with a request to slow down temporarily to reduce underwater noise impacts to the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales. -
Fortunately, it doesn't happen very often in the Pacific Northwest that ships collide with whales. But when it does, the whale probably dies. Three separate teams have developed smartphone-based systems that can alert commercial mariners to watch out or slow down when there are whales nearby. A recent ride-along on a big container ship demonstrated that real-time whale alerts are still a work in progress.
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OSU scientists aboard the Bell M. Shimada keep an eye out for whales. One scientist hopes to help predict where whales will show up by studying the food they eat.
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The whales regularly travel up and down the west coast in search of food.
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A research expedition out of Newport has made a significant discovery about a little-known and rarely-seen beaked whale off Oregon’s coast.
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The plan aims to keep endangered wildlife like the humpback whale from getting entangled in fishing gear off of the Oregon coast, specifically in Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery.
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Earthquake scientists studying a fault off Oregon’s coast have figured out a new way to map the layers of sediment and rock under the ocean floor.
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Solar storms can have dramatic effects on the Earth, things like auroras in the sky where auroras do not normally appear. Volatility on the sun can also…
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The days are short, dark, and cold right now. Why NOT head south for a while, especially if you can get there under your own power? That question is for…
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This summer, an orca known as J-35 made national headlines while carrying the body of her dead calf for 17 days in the waters of the Salish Sea.Her loss…
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It is Winter Whale Watching Week on the Oregon Coast once again... a chance to head for the shore to see signs of migrating whales passing by. Since we…
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Stand by for whale arrival. Gray whales provide viewing opportunities in the Pacific a couple of times a year, and one of those times is coming up. Oregon…
