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The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), [1] also known as the grey whale, [5] is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age.
Growing to about 49 feet, gray whales are among the top 10 largest baleen cetaceans. There are an estimated 26,000 in eastern North Pacific Ocean. Rare gray whale seen off Nantucket is good and ...
Eschrichtiidae or the gray whales is a family of baleen whale (Parvorder Mysticeti) with a single extant species, the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), as well as four described fossil genera: Archaeschrichtius (), Glaucobalaena and Eschrichtioides from Italy, [1] [2] and Gricetoides from the Pliocene of North Carolina. [3]
A gray whale extinct from the Atlantic for more than 200 years was spotted off the New England coast last week in an “incredibly rare event,” the New England Aquarium said.
Gray whales are "easily distinguished from other whale species by their lack of a dorsal fin, mottled gray and white skin, and dorsal hump followed by pronounced ridges," according to the New ...
Eschrichtius is a genus of baleen whale containing two species: the gray whale (E. robustus) and the extinct Akishima whale (E. akishimaensis). [2] References
A gray whale does a bubble blast while foraging for food as seen via drone. Drone video of gray whales captured over seven years off Oregon has revealed new details about how the giant marine ...
Between 2018 and 2023, hundreds of gray whale carcasses washed up along the West Coast. A food shortage led to the phenomenon, which is over, scientists say.