Monterey Bay

Sit back, relax, and enjoy nature’s finest as our go-to adventurer Ross takes us on a boat tour of a hidden wonderland for wildlife in Monterey Bay. Elkhorn Slough is a biologically diverse estuary that’s home to many marine mammals, hundreds of species of birds, and the rare California red-legged frog. Climb aboard with Elkhorn Slough Safari to discover all...

There is a dramatic increase in the number of great white sharks swimming in Monterey Bay, including an area off Santa Cruz County where a surfer was killed last year, according to a new study published Tuesday.

Most people can agree with the fact that it’s not polite to comment on someone’s weight. Well, the Monterey Bay Aquarium was under fire for doing just that.

Cue the “Jaws” music. A helicopter company on Tuesday shared footage of a shark closely circling a kayaker in the Monterey Bay near Aptos. Giancarlo Thomae at one point ended up in the water just feet away from the patrolling shark, but he appears to be OK following the close encounter captured on video.

Residents of Monterey, California may have a chance to act as the residents of a fictional Monterey in a hit, award-winning TV series alongside actresses Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley.

The animals look harmless, but they have caused issues within the fishing communities and may also be a sign of a more ominous issue.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live on an island? Because that’s what it’s currently like to live in Big Sur. Winter storms cut off all traffic into the area. See what life is like for one popular restaurant in the area.

Killer whales are on an unprecedented killing spree in California’s Monterey Bay, attacking and feeding on gray whale calves, a marine biologist said.

A rare sighting in the animal kingdom continues to mesmerize marine biologists and whale watchers in the Monterey Bay.

Drone video posted online shows a rare sight of killer whales feasting on a shark in the Monterey Bay.

Drone video captures pod of killer whales eating a shark in the Monterey Bay. [Video provided by Monterey Bay Whale Watch]

A thrill-seeker who parachuted off a bridge overlooking the Pacific likely drowned, as did the man who jumped in to try to save her, authorities said.

Blue fin tuna, once thought to be incredibly bountiful, are now facing peril because of decades of overfishing.

Whale watchers on the Monterey Bay got a rare treat on Sunday.

National marine sanctuaries off Northern California are due to double in size early in the new year in order to protect a massive underwater nutrient flow that biologists say makes the coast’s salmon and seabirds thrive and sea lions fat and yappy.

The U.S. Geological Survey published 103 photographs from the aftermath of the Loma Prieta quake — named after the Loma Prieta peak, the earthquake’s epicenter in the Santa Cruz Mountains — on their website in 1999, hoping to give people a glimmer of the chaos and destruction that ultimately took 63 lives and closed the Bay Bridge for a month...