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5 dead whales in greater Bay Area in less than a week

Multiple whales found dead in San Francisco Bay area

At least five gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay area over the past week, in a year when there has been an unusually high number of sightings in the area. KNTV’s Alyssa Goard reports.

Local News Matters on MSN · 22h

With 5 new gray whale deaths in recent days, Bay Area on pace for one of deadliest years

Five gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay Area region in the past week or so, bringing that unfortunate number to more than a dozen this year, the California Academy of Sciences said Wednesday.

NBC Bay Area · 1d

5 dead whales in the greater Bay Area in less than a week

Five gray whales have died in the greater Bay Area over the past week, bringing the region's 2025 whale death toll to 14, officials announced Wednesday. The California Academy of Sciences and The Marine Mammal Center, which announced the deaths, said they have not responded to this many dead gray whales since 15 in 2021 and 14 in 2019.

3 new wolf packs confirmed in Northern Calif.

The Mercury News · 1d

Three new wolf packs discovered in Northern California

Continuing a growing trend, three new wolf packs have been confirmed in Northern California, increasing the population of the charismatic and controversial predator to 78 now — up from 44 animals in 2023 and only 7 in 2020.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

3 new wolf packs confirmed in Northern Calif. as tensions with ranchers rise

Three new wolf packs have emerged in the rural, mountainous regions of northeastern California, wildlife officials announced. All three packs are located in a remote region where the northern Sierra Nevada meets the southern Cascades.

CBS Sacramento on MSN · 1d

3 new California gray wolf packs confirmed in Lassen, Shasta, Tehama counties

The findings come after several counties have declared local states of emergency in response to wolf encounters with livestock.

Mountain lion sightings rattle Bay Area neighborhoods

For the second time in just a few days, residents in northern Fairfield have reported unnerving encounters with a mountain ...

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Ninth whale dies in Bay Area this year as sightings spike

A second gray whale that died this year from a suspected vessel strike was found in the San Francisco Bay, according to The ...

How We Photographed Coyotes in San Francisco

That technique resulted in the story’s lead photo of a coyote on Bernal Hill appearing to loom over the city skyline. It also ...

Mission Local1mon

Comic: Meet San Francisco’s urban wildlife, from lichen to coyotes

a “four-day global bio-blitz” in which residents in different cities compete to document sightings of local flora and fauna. Get a head start below, and take the chance to get to know San ...

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