A stick lodged in the soft tissue between his teeth and the base of his tongue may have made it more difficult for the whale to eat, increasing the risk of infection, the veterinary institute found.

Researchers have long suspected that bowhead whales keep in touch from far away. New evidence of synchronized diving between two whales 100 kilometers apart supports the theory. By Joanna Thompson ...

Baleen whales come to feast on the bounty, and in 2010, two bowhead whales entered the bay to gorge. As the pair came within 100 kilometers of each other, they were visually out of range ...

When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale. But it wasn't just any whale. It was Fran. "I knew this whale, and I'm like, Ohhhhh. It just hit my heart, because Fran ...

Drone Footage Provides New Insight Into Gray Whales' Acrobatic Feeding Behavior Sep. 25, 2024 — Drone footage is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has identified more jelly pork products linked to a recall triggered by a possible ...

A beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial ...

The blue whale is the biggest animal on the planet. Despite its huge size, it feeds on tiny creatures called krill. Blue ...

Scientists with the New England Aquarium spotted 82 North Atlantic right whales, close to a quarter of the species’ entire population, in waters off Long Island that are heavily trafficked by ships.

The blue whale is renowned as the Earth’s largest animal, taking that title today by quite some distance. That holds true even stretching back through time as these enormous marine mammals are even ...

Experts say they cannot remove a stranded dead whale from a beach. The animal, believed to be a minke or fin whale, washed up on Hartlepool's Headland beach on Sunday and remains there days later.