SAUSALITO -- Researchers say a humpback whale that was struck by a ship and washed ashore Sunday in Half Moon Bay was a well-known humpback named Fran. Scientists at the Marine Mammal Center in the ...
SAUSALITO, Calif. – A popular humpback whale that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area over the weekend probably was killed by a collision with a ship, researchers said. A necropsy determined ...
The most photogenic whale in California has ended her life as she lived it, a cause célèbre. In life, Fran was a frolicking tourist sensation, a regular visitor to Monterey Bay who thrilled onlookers ...