Francisco Bay

Residentes y visitantes en California se alertan mutuamente cada vez que divisan al animal de tamaño superior al promedio. Un gigantesco león marino de Steller de 2,000 libras apodado “Chonkers” se ha convertido en una inesperada celebridad local tras establecer su residencia en la Bahía de San Francisco. El masivo león marino nadó hasta un muelle en el Pier 39 de San Francisco hace aproximadamente un mes y ha permanecido en la zona desde entonces, captando la atención de residentes, visitantes y usuarios de redes sociales que han compartido frecuentes fotos y videos del animal sobresaliendo frente a sus pares. Continúe leyendo...

Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the Bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping routeGray whales have historically been a rare sight in the San Francisco Bay. They trek from the warm lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California over 10,000 miles north to the Arctic region to feast on shrimp-like animals during the summers, seldom stopping in the busy shipping corridor for prolonged periods.But in recent years, that story has changed in a dire way. A new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has found that gray whales in the Bay have been dying at alarming rates, largely due to collisions with vessels. Continue reading...

Footage shows a man windsurfing being forcefully thrown from his board as a whale breaches off the California coastAn unsuspecting windsurfer collided with a gray whale on the San Francisco Bay in a startling and rare encounter captured on video.The footage shows the moment the surfer is forcefully thrown from his board as a gray whale breaches off the California coast, plunging him into the water. Continue reading...