Whales are huge, long-lived mammals. The blue whale is the largest animal that’s ever lived on Earth — it is bigger than the dinosaurs. It can live an estimated 80 to 90 years! The bowhead whale, a ...

There were 38 animals alive as of Thursday morning, with 25 of the whales having died overnight. The euthanasia process was set to conclude on Thursday, however it remained unclear what would be ...

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit ...

OCEAN CITY, MD - The Right Whale Slow Zone east of Ocean City has been extended through March 17, 2025, due to the detection of endangered Right Whales. According to Maryland Department of Natural ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos ...

One of the whales was seen capturing a bird and taking it below water, sparking gasps from onlookers. It was “a once-in-a-lifetime experience for West Seattle.

SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg’s ...

The rescuers used boathooks on long poles, rather than knives, to loosen and remove the nets, rather than cutting them with knives, in order to avoid harming the animal. Whales normally live in ...

It took about an hour for the rescuers to cut and remove the nets and allow the whale to swim into the open sea, close to the popular summer resort and beach in Miedzyzdroje, where the stranded animal ...

He said the boat he was in was some three meters (10 feet) long and the animal was at least twice as long. Sea rescuers watch a whale that got caught in fishing nets as they prepare to assist in ...