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Deep-sea ghost: How scientists finally caught the whale no one had ever seen

Quick Take Achieving the first live photographs of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale ended a 66-year mystery since the species ...
Los Angeles Times

Killer whale punts a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it’s done

While many families spent Thanksgiving watching football in their living rooms, some lucky few spent it watching killer whales punt a sea lion 20 feet into the air in Monterey Bay. About 120 people ...
Los Angeles Times

Sea lions, dolphins, now a whale: Ocean giant is latest victim of SoCal’s toxic algal bloom

A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach Harbor died from domoic acid poisoning, tests show. The poisoning is associated with the toxic algae bloom that has sickened and killed other sea ...
NBC Los Angeles

Floating fin whale that washed up on San Diego's Pacific Beach provides 2nd life at sea

A female fin whale that washed up on Pacific Beach in December is likely still floating off the coast of Southern California, according to NOAA researchers who attached a satellite buoy tracker to the ...