Five more gray whales were found dead in San Francisco Bay area this week. The new deaths are the latest in a string of whale fatalities in the region, which brings the total for 2025 to 14, according to local authorities.
The news comes from the California Academy of Sciences and The Marine Mammal Center, that published a joint press release Wednesday, confirming the deaths. All were gray whales, found between May 21 and May 26.
The causes of death are still undetermined, due to difficulty in performing post-mortem examinations of the remains. “Necropsy response efforts and data collection have been challenging for a number of cases due to inaccessible locations that hinder full post-mortem investigations, as well as poor tissue quality from advanced decomposition, and the lack of available locations to tow for further investigation,” noted the release…