Environment

Kayakers Spot Humpback Whales Hunting Off Alcatraz Island

The unusual frenzy of whales bursting from the waves lasted at least 45 minutes.
REUTERS/David Gray

Marine scientists have already noted 2016 has been an extremely prolific year for whales along the California coast. Nowhere was that more evident recently than the San Francisco Bay, where humpback whales awed kayakers by snapping their gargantuan maws on loads of luckless fish.