“Bob the Minke Whale,” as the 25-foot-long creature has been dubbed, was first spotted on March 31, near the Harbor Breeze charter boats and the Aquarium of Long Beach. The second day, it ...

A single minke whale has been lingering in the Catalina Landing in downtown Long Beach for several days. NOAA is monitoring its health and trying to guide it back to open water.

The small minke whale that was trapped in a Long Beach harbor for the last week has died, officials confirmed. A KTLA viewer submitted photos and video of the beached whale on Sunday morning at the… ...

A minke whale that spent the last week swimming in Long Beach Harbor despite efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute it back to deeper waters died this weekend, officials confirmed. Michael ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KRON) — An individual whale considered rare for the San Francisco Bay that has been observed repeatedly stranding itself near the East Bay this month was euthanized Tuesda… ...

“These are two very different species,” he said. “The going theory is that … the factors involved are suspected to be quite different.” Whereas sightings of minke whales are exceedingly rare in the ...

The minke whale's death comes after three dead gray whales turned up in San Francisco Bay in less than two weeks, Rulli said. One gray whale was discovered east of Angel Island State Park, located ...

Minke whales, considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, can grow up to 26 feet long and weigh up to 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA.

A whale breaking through the surface of the ocean is a spectacular sight. This behavior, known as breaching, may in fact be ...

A whale-watching excursion off the coast of Orange County got an up-and-close visit by a pair of friendly and “extremely curious” minke whales. The encounter happened Tuesday morning between ...

But with a 98% success rate in seeing the minke whales and encounters of up to 10 hours recorded, even the most seasick-prone traveler would snatch your hand off for the opportunity.

A rare minke whale was euthanized on Tuesday, April 8, after getting stuck in shallow waters near the Emeryville Marina in California's San Francisco Bay. This comes after three other gray whales ...