https://apnews.com/article/pacific-gray-whales-sings-of-recovery-f2b0bc5bda16fcdae3b6d9df22861d67

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on beaches from Alaska to Mexico.

The increase in population numbers comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association determined in November that the “unusual mortality event” that began in 2019 has ended.