gray whale
noun
: a large baleen whale (Eschrichtius robustus) of the northern Pacific having short jaws and no dorsal fin
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Alarming declines Michael Stocker, executive director of the acoustics group Ocean Conservation Research, has been leading whale-viewing trips to the gray whales’ breeding ground at San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California since 2006.
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David Helvarg, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
The deaths included 21 gray whales, two unidentified baleen whales, and one minke whale, according to the California Academy of Sciences.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
Hike Oregon's Cape Falcon Trail for a good chance of seeing gray whales in the winter.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
What began as a plea from a small fishing community went global, resulting in a ban on Mitsubishi building a salt plant at the last pristine gray whale birthing lagoon in the world along Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
—The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
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David Helvarg, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
The deaths included 21 gray whales, two unidentified baleen whales, and one minke whale, according to the California Academy of Sciences.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
Hike Oregon's Cape Falcon Trail for a good chance of seeing gray whales in the winter.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
What began as a plea from a small fishing community went global, resulting in a ban on Mitsubishi building a salt plant at the last pristine gray whale birthing lagoon in the world along Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
—The Editors, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Gray whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20whale. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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