Clouds over the Monterey Bay are seen recently from Cowell College at UC Santa Cruz. Cowell was established in 1965 as the ...

MONTEREY – David Slater grew up observing ocean life through the lens of a disposable camera, the kind with blue shelling and the blurry possibility of developing a glimpse of scenes tucked under ...

SANTA CRUZ — After spending decades encapsulating the natural history of the world at National Geographic magazine and with exhibitions and multimedia projects such as “LIFE: A Journey Through Time,” ...

The spectacular moment two humpback whales leapt out of the water at the same time was caught on camera in California’s Monterey Bay recently. Seconds later, a humpback calf breached nearby, wildlife ...

A fishing boat is anchored Monday morning not far from the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf as a thick fog bank covers the Monterey Bay off the Santa Cruz County coastline. The fog cleared by mid-morning ...

A Monterey Bay photographer on Saturday shared images showing a sea lion perched on the belly of a humpback whale. It was an unplanned ride for the pinniped, which had been feeding on the same school ...

Stanford professors and experts on Monterey Bay shared insights into Monterey’s ecological collapse and recovery and emphasized the importance of ecological restoration at a Wednesday event hosted by ...

MONTEREY — As the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary turns 30 this year, it will be celebrated by the United States Postal Service, which will feature it on a postal stamp. The stamp will be one ...