Esther Jacobs smelled murder on the water. As the pungent odor of shark liver filled the air and an oily sheen spread across the surface, Jacobs had come upon an aquatic crime scene - and two ...

A rarely spotted juvenile minke whale that stranded itself on a mudflat in the San Francisco Bay near Emeryville was euthanized on Tuesday, marking the fourth whale death in the area in less than two ...

Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week, bringing the region's 2025 whale death toll to 14, officials announced Wednesday. The California Academy of Sciences and The ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Six gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay in just the past week alone, bringing the total number of stranded whales to 15 so far this year as authorities rush to figure out ...

More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on a remote beach near Arthur River in Tasmania. Wildlife officials confirmed that 90 of the 157 animals were still alive but noted that refloating ...