Earth Talk: Washing up of gray whales on shore
(WorldNews Environment)

Dear EarthTalk: Why are so many gray whales washing up dead on west coast beaches this spring? - Bill W., Camden, ME It´s definitely been a rough spring for Northern Pacific gray whales making their annual 5,500-mile trip from Mexico´s Baja California to the Alaskan arctic. Forty-eight of them, emaciated but otherwise showing no overt signs of any known disease, have `stranded` themselves along west coast beaches so far this spring, and researchers expect dozens more before...