More than 30 whales became stranded on Ruakākā Beach in New Zealand over the weekend. Officials from the New Zealand Department of Conservation and members of the public helped rescue most of the ...
In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely rare, and few people have captured it on film. Despite its small size, it ...
EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A live, pygmy sperm whale calf was reported stranded on the beach in Emerald Isle Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025. This whale was a female and died just before a rescue team ...
What appears to be a rare visit by a minke whale to the San Francisco Bay has become fraught with danger as the animal got stranded Tuesday on a shallow mudflat in Emeryville. Experts with the ...
The Ocean Conservation Administration said several pygmy killer whale strandings have occurred in southwestern Taiwan during the spring in recent years, though the causes remain unclear. The agency ...
More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them expected to survive, officials said Wednesday. The 157 whales were found ...
More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them expected to survive, officials said Wednesday. The 157 whales were found ...
On an Oregon beach just north of the city of Yachats, a quiet crowd gathered over several days last weekend as a young humpback whale lay stranded and dying on the sand. People returned to the ...
Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.