Marine Mammal Institute

Thousands of gray whales now migrating north from Baja California are in such poor shape and so few calves were born this winter that researchers and others worry they may be witnessing another die-off.

A whale of an explosion from 1970 still echoes through Oregon history and culture. This time, it’s been through a curious baseball promotion that culminates this weekend.

Warmer weather and Memorial Day weekend will draw more Oregonians to the coast, but experts urge beachgoers to avoid stranded seals and sea lions if they find them onshore.

Dreams of putting a 70-foot long blue whale skeleton on display are inching closer to reality, after the mammal washed ashore on the Oregon Coast eight years ago.

The whales regularly travel up and down the west coast in search of food.

A new license plate featuring a gray whale and her calf will be available in Oregon as of February 1st. Sales will help fund whale research.Bruce Mate is…

It’s common for kids to do headstands and blow bubbles. But whales? Marine researchers are seeing these creatures in a different light thanks to unmanned…

Oregon State University researchers have a quandary. They’ve a nearly 80-foot long blue whale carcass they want to turn into an educational display…but no…

For $40, Oregon drivers can have a whale on their license plate. Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport is selling the plates to…