Dead gray whales in Washington

Officials are responding to a dead gray whale found beached on the west side of Camano Island. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries West Coast Region posted about the massive stranded mammal, saying a necropsy would be performed.

Reporter Bellamy Pailthorp on why this was a favorite story of 2021: I did this story in my efforts to learn more about the region’s gray whales as we…

More than 30 gray whales have washed ashore in Washington state this year. But that’s only a fraction of the number of stranded whales seen along the West…