naturalist Celia Ackerman calls excitedly to the captain. “Behind the green buoy!” It’s half an hour into a whale-watching cruise aboard the 95-foot American Princess, and we’re not in ...

This story originally appeared in the Santa Barbara Green Guide 2025/26, a collaboration publication between ‘Santa Barbara Independent’ and ‘Bluedot Living‘. Dave Beezer, captain of the ...

Whale advocates and NOAA offer the following tips for boaters: Watch for bubbles — which turn patches of water a frothy, seafoam green — and avoid them. Maintain a healthy distance from whales ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and local entrepreneurs are collaborating on a $350,000 restoration of the Seymour Center’s blue ...

a one-month-old humpback whale nuzzles up to its mother. Then, a cloud of dark yellow urine gushes into the water, like a golden smoke bomb, and everything becomes tinged with green. This ...

The annual event saw more than 50 groups and organisations come together to showcase their contributions to the local community ...

A rare encounter where a kayaker in Chile was briefly scooped into the mouth of a humpback whale has been caught on camera. A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia ...

Of the four whales that have washed up on Orange and Los Angeles county beaches this year, two had high levels of domoic acid poisoning confirmed in their systems, leading marine mammal experts to ...