The humpback whales may also be a good news story ... and one historical report from Spanish missionaries of gray whale spouts in the bay. But in 1999, they began showing up — just as ...

The gray whale has the longest recorded migration ... some may even maintain year-round residency in certain geographies. Humpback whales maintain much more varied breeding grounds than gray ...

Two of those five were also gray whales; the other three were a fin whale, a humpback whale and a sperm whale.

A large group of humpback whales was spotted in the Santa ... At times, a migrating gray whale or two may hang out near San Miguel or Santa Rosa islands to feed, Mills said. But it is typically ...