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

For weeks, the red critters known as Mormon crickets have been invading swaths of northern Nevada and causing chaos ever ...

A necropsy on the dead whale found on Seaside Beach was performed Friday, confirming that the mammal was emaciated and likely ...

Cascadia Research says another whale has washed ashore in Washington State, this time near Ocean Shores. CONTINUING COVERAGE ...

Researchers identified a beached Long Beach whale as a Baird's beaked whale, one of 12 dead whales found recently along the ...

A 40-foot, male Gray whale washed ashore on the south end of Seaside Beach April 14. This was the fourth whale to beach since February. Beached at Seaside The cause of this whale beaching was not ...

An entangled humpback whale that stranded near Yachats in November 2025 had chronic diseases in multiple organ systems that likely contributed to the stranding, a final necropsy report concluded. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The final necropsy results of a whale that died on the coast of Yachats in November have been released. In an update shared April 6, scientists from the National Oceanic and ...

WALDPORT, Ore. — A humpback whale that washed ashore on Oregon’s coast last year was suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, according to a newly released necropsy report from NOAA Fisheries. The ...

A young gray whale that stunned southwest Washington residents by swimming about 20 miles up the Willapa River this week has died, according to Cascadia Research Collective. In a Facebook update ...

Shocking footage has captured the moment beachgoers rallied to push a wounded whale, which washed ashore at Bondi Beach, back into the surf. In video and images uploaded to Facebook, a group of ...

UPDATE: The whale has not left the river. As of 4 p.m. Saturday, Cascadia Research Collective said it had received confirmation that the whale had been seen in the river that day and was working with ...