A sixth dead gray whale has been found in San Francisco Bay, with the cause of death unknown due to decomposition.

There is a growing crisis facing whales in the Bay Area. In the last few weeks, nearly half a dozen whales have been found dead in and around the San Francisco Bay. Now experts are sounding the alarm ...

Taken together, the deaths have raised the specter of past “unusual mortality events” that caused whales to die in higher-than-normal numbers.

(KRON) — Another dead ... Bay Area to be investigated by The Marine Mammal Center in 2025. On April 8, a minke whale was euthanized in Emeryville after repeated strandings. Other dead gray ...

“Although they seem high because they’re concentrated into a short period of time, the numbers of dead ... whales swimming in the bay this year, and sightings of gray whales have been reported ...

The decision comes as dozens of whales were seen throughout the area; another humpback whale was found dead, tangled in crabbing gear in Monterey Bay. Crab fishing this year began in early January ...

It was the fourth whale death in the San Francisco Bay in a week and a half. The other three were gray whales ... dead female gray whale at Black Sands Beach in Golden Gate National Recreation ...

Another dead ... Bay Area, they are in line with what we saw at the tail end of the mortality event in 2022 and 2023 at this point in the year," Rulli said. Between March and May, gray whales ...