Whales, Seals, Otters
The Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences are reporting cause of death for one.
Marine Mammal
Second sea otter stranding in one week.
A fin whale washed ashore in St. George, Pribilofs, Alaska.
Dead sea otter (Enhydra lutris) raises concerns of zoonotic pathogen
Dead humpback whale
I was flying on Monday and found a giant beached dead humpback whale up on the mudflats near Birchwood. I see belugas all the time but never a humpback.
Dead sea otter and star fish
A dead juvenile female humpback whale near Dolgoi Island
Sea lion washes ashore in Nanwalek.
Low seal numbers
Dead gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) reported off the Alaska Peninsula
This is one in a string of dead whale sightings that have been designated as the 2015 Gulf of Alaska Large Whale Unusual Mortality Event (UME). From May to mid-August, 30 large whales were reported including 11 fin whales, 14 humpback whales, 1 gray whale and 4 other unidentified large cetaceans.
A highly decomposed whale carcass was identified as a gray whale.
Ocean scientists are concerned about dead gray whales that have washed up on the US West Coast this year at the highest rate in almost two decades.
Dead sea lion found in boat harbor, cause of death unknown.
A dead male grey whale that was found floating between Sidney Island and James Island on Thursday has been towed to Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for a necropsy.
Dead whale with interesting dolphin-like face.
Our concern has to do with the impact and number of dead whales that might have on our subsistence lifestyle. It is unusual to find so many dead whales.
Was observed for the first time.
We could not figure out the what type of sea mammal it is.
Carcass largely decomposed and difficult to identify.
Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) found dead on the beach near Kivalina.
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