The 70-foot blue whale skeleton that took 10 years to restore is finally being installed in Oregon

The skeleton, recovered from a 2015 Gold Beach stranding, will be suspended in a swimming pose in the center's east courtyard ...

Humpback tangled in fishing gear spotted near Oregon coast

A humpback whale entangled in fishing gear was spotted Friday west of Winchester Bay, the Oregon Department of Fish and ...
Family Destinations Guide

14 Impossibly Friendly Small Towns In Oregon Where Neighbors Still Know Each Other

Searching for impossibly friendly small towns in Oregon where community still matters? These 14 close-knit places offer ...
Family Destinations Guide

These 9 Natural Wonders In Oregon Look Almost Too Beautiful To Be Real

Thor’s Well is a natural sinkhole that creates one of the most spectacular shows on Oregon’s coast. Water rushes into this ...

17 Top Places Across the U.S. to Visit This June

Olympic National Park packs three completely different ecosystems into one visit: rugged Pacific coastline, ancient Hoh Rain ...
KLCC

Bigg's killer whales visit Newport

Newport recently had a couple of unexpected oceanic visitors: two Bigg’s killer whales, looking for a seal meal. The two whales were observed off Yaquina Head near Cobble Beach on April 25, and their ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Dead whale floating off the San Diego County coast

(FOX 5/KUSI) — The body of a dead whale was spotted floating a mile off the San Diego County coast on Monday morning. Several people from the San Diego area sent photos to FOX 5/KUSI around 8 a.m.
ABC 10 News

Dead whale found floating off coast near Encinitas

ENCINITAS, Calif. (CNS) - A whale initially believed to have been beached was confirmed dead Monday, floating about 400 yards off the coast of San Elijo State Beach in Encinitas. A team of lifeguards ...
KOIN 6

Whale deaths are up on Oregon and Washington coasts, but what’s causing them?

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A stranded whale was found on Seaside Beach last week. It was the fourth whale found on the Oregon Coast this year. The number of whales washing up on Oregon and Washington ...
The Daily Astorian

Dead whales along the North Coast point to a bigger pattern

The gray whale drifted in with the tide, its massive body rolling in the surf as waves broke along the shore. By the time it settled onto Seaside Beach last Tuesday around Avenue K, the 40-foot animal ...
ABC7

Fin whale surfaces right next to family's boat off Newport Beach, video shows

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A family's weekend boating trip in Newport Beach turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience after a massive fin whale surfaced right next to their boat. Cypress Rojas, ...
KGW8

Decomposing beaked whale washes ashore in Long Beach as Pacific Northwest strandings mount

LONG BEACH, Wash. — A 34-foot whale washed ashore on the Long Beach Peninsula, with a Cascadia Research Collective biologist identifying it Sunday as a Baird's beaked whale — one of at least a dozen ...