When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something ...

That would be Depoe Bay, an Oregon coast town HomeToGo described as “wild, rugged (and) windswept.” The spot is perhaps best ...

Four humpback whales have been discovered entangled in commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear in Oregon this year.

A juvenile humpback whale was found last November stranded on an Oregon beach, outside Yachats, with fishing gear in its ...

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt meas ...

Courtesy of Stefanie Knowlton / Oregon State Parks If you want to see a whale off the coast of Oregon, this weekend is a good time to do it. Whale Watch Week this year runs Dec. 27 through Dec. 31.

Want to spot nature’s largest animal in the wild? Late December is a great time to make it happen — and the weather might even play ball this year. Upward of 14,000 gray whales are expected to swim ...

Filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Cetacean Society, the petition asks officials to open a pathway for fishers to use pop-up ...

The Exploding Whale of Oregon ...

The great gray whale migration is back on the Oregon coast. The massive migration of eastern North Pacific gray whales — the longest mammalian migration in the world — sees thousands of whales ...