50 Shades of Gray Whales
From 6,000-year-old cave paintings to silver screen stars in movies like Free Willy, whales have long captured the human imagination. And it makes sense\u2014they're among the largest and most intelligent creatures to ever live on our planet. This time on Sidedoor, we\u2019ll explore our surprising relationship with whales through the lens of one species: the gray whale. Once aggressively hunted and thought to be nearly extinct, they've rebounded to become one of the North Pacific\u2019s most abundant whale species. So, what changed?