When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale ... And even if you could spot a whale ahead, there's not much you could do about it. "The ship is an extremely large object ...

The public were warned to stay away from the dead whale amid fears it was carrying harmful bacteria and might explode.

Populations of these whales were decimated during the whaling heydays of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. During this period they came close to extinction. Because females do not become ...

Marine mammal experts are monitoring the carcass of a dead minke whale found floating in lower Raritan Bay. A second was ...

Marine biologists are taking a closer look after the remains of a young minke whale washed ashore in New Jersey Friday — less than 24 hours after another dead whale was found floating off Staten ...

They feed on fish and squid like other odontocetes (toothed whales) do, but will also target seals, sea birds and even whale species far bigger than themselves. Killer whales are also the only known ...

For scientists, the only way to work out what a toothed whale eats is to either observe it hunting and eating, or look at the stomach contents of dead whales. The deep ocean is so dark that it is ...

He said: "You need to remove a dead whale from a public beach so ... goes for disposal in the same way as fallen stock do from farms." The whales stranded on Lewis will be moved to a landfill ...

Plastic Pollution Sounds Just Like Food to Deep-Diving Whales Oct. 17, 2024 — To whales that hunt with soundwaves in lightless ocean depths, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid ...

One whale was found dead on Tuesday morning, while three others were confirmed dead just before 15:00 BST. Two of the whales have since been spotted swimming freely and have not got re-stranded.