Gray Whales in Baja California
with
Diane Alps.
Diane Alps is a marine mammal researcher, educator, and long-time whale naturalist with decades of experience working with gray whales. She has spent many seasons in Baja California’s coastal lagoons observing whales during the breeding and calving season and is involved in science-based public education through organizations including the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, American Cetacean Society, and Cascadia Research Collective.

In this opening talk of the Whale Migration Challenge speaker series, Diane will focus on the Baja California leg of the gray whale migration, exploring what happens when gray whales arrive in the warm, shallow lagoons of Baja, how these habitats function as breeding and nursery grounds, and why this phase of the migration is critical to the whales’ life cycle.

Live on Zoom with a viewing party option at the Field Station
$10 donation requested. Register via Noyo Center website