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Unusual Mortality Event
Gray whales are dying along the Pacific coast: the warming Arctic may be to blame. An extraordinarily comprehensive, multimedia investigation into what may be causing the 2019-2022 Gray Whale Unusual Mortality Event that has documented over 500 stranded gray whales,...
2021 Summertime Whale Trip
ACS-LA's Summertime Whale Watching Adventure: our 69 passengers enjoyed multiple highlights during our nearly 9 hour trip on Saturday, August 14 (Condor Express Whale Watching), with 6 killer whales, 9 humpback whales, 3 minke whales, 5000+ long-beaked common dolphin,...
2022 Awards Applications
ACS-LA will be accepting applications in early 2022 for the John E. Heyning Research Award and the William F. Samaras Research Award in the amount of $1000.00 each. Applicants should be researchers or students living and/or attending school in California or whose...
Thar She Blows
Nice graphic demonstrates how the shape of a whale's blow and its head shape are big clues for helping to identify the species of whale you are watching. Southern hemisphere: no gray whales there! Illustration by Tony Pyrzakowski, modified from Whales and Dolphins of...
ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project: 2018-2019
Census Project Director/Coordinator: Alisa Schulman-Janiger Email: janiger@cox.net For daily sighting details, please visit: www.acs-la.org More humpback and blue whale sightings highlighted our 2018/2019 ACS-LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, but many skinny...