The endangered whales face multiple threats, from a lack of their primary food, chinook salmon, to underwater noise from vessels that makes it harder to hunt, as well as pollution and inbreeding.

Humpback whales were spotted trying to stop orcas from hunting off the coast of California in a “rare” interaction, boaters said. The “once in a lifetime trip” took place on Oct. 5, when boaters came ...

CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA -- The ocean just off the central California coast became a playground for a pod of orcas. Video taken by Monterey Bay Whale Watch videographer Evan Brodsky shows the orcas ...

Whale researchers say that an endangered southern resident killer whale was found pushing a deceased calf in the Rosario ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tourists hoping to see orcas off the coast of San Diego got a lot more than they bargained for when a humpback whale put on a show. The spectacular splash happened on July 30 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A California photographer captured a whale breaching in San Francisco Bay Friday afternoon between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. George Kaskanlian told Nexstar’s ...

Rachel Haight, an Orca Network Whale Sighting Network co-coordinator, saw the J Pod as it passed under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on Saturday around 12:45 p.m. Haight, who shared her photos and videos ...

Chris Curran said the whale popped up right beside his boat. — -- One dad and his two little boating buddies had an unexpected visitor drop by their fishing trip Saturday when a whale breached ...