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A juvenile humpback whale entangled in hundreds of feet of heavy rope off the Hawaii coast was being tracked by marine experts Wednesday. Complete Story...
A 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
Native Alaskans say a fourth-grader may have become the youngest person to kill a whale, delivering the fatal blow to a 32-foot bowhead during a hands-on hunting lesson from his uncles.
Scientists say a 41-foot-whale found floating in the Port of Tampa last weekend was killed by a ship out in the Gulf of Mexico.
Biologists are trying to figure out what killed a humpback whale found floating in a Virginia river.
The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades.
Rescuers freed a young humpback whale that spent more than three hours tangled in a net Tuesday off an eastern Australian coastal tourist town.
The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean 5 million years ago have been discovered on a California beach. Crews removing a 1,000-pound slab of sandstone off the Santa Cruz County beach Wednesday discovered the remains and called in paleontologists.
It wasn't a pretty sight, but whale watchers on a cruise ship in Canada got more than they bargained for when they arrived at the port of Vancouver — a dead whale stuck to the bow.
A stray gray whale has left a shallow marina near Los Angeles after spending more than three weeks there.
The carcass of a rare blue whale washed ashore in southern New Zealand after it apparently died of old age, a marine expert said Thursday.
Government scientists believe they have some good news about the endangered right whale, whose population in the Atlantic Ocean is struggling to come back.
Right whales have plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day — the sea moms gave birth to a record 39 calves this spring.
A research vessel for the federal agency charged with protecting the endangered right whale hit one of the animals off the Massachusetts coast this weekend, cutting into the animal's left tail fluke with its propeller.
A dead gray whale calf has washed up on a Southern California beach.
An environmental group lost a lawsuit that would have forced the U.S. Coast Guard to better protect blue whales after several were killed by ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California.
One of four whales that survived a mass stranding in southwest Australia was found dead Thursday not far from where it had been released back to sea, the state government said.
Environmental activists are suing the federal government for allegedly failing to prevent longline fishing fleets from repeatedly accidentally catching a rare whale species off Hawaii.
Monitoring for endangered right whales off New York harbor is ending because the project has lost funding in the state's current budget crunch.
PONCE INLET, Fla. - Scientists used sedatives to calm and then free a North Atlantic right whale entangled in rope off Florida's Atlantic Coast — the first time a large whale was ever sedated in the wild, according to the federal fisheries agency.
Scientists used sedatives to free an endangered right whale entangled in rope off Florida's Atlantic Coast.
Wildlife conservationists are still monitoring an endangered right whale tangled in fishing gear in the Atlantic off the Georgia coast, but windy weather hasn't allowed any attempts to free it since last week.
Wind and choppy seas were frustrating efforts Friday to free an endangered right whale tangled in fishing gear as it swam from the Georgia coast into waters off Florida.
An Australian man was caught by surprise when a large whale whacked him lightly on the head with its tail as he unknowingly scooted over it while kite surfing.
The beluga whales of Alaska's Cook Inlet are endangered and require additional protection to survive, the government declared Friday, contradicting Gov. Sarah Palin who has questioned whether the distinctive white whales are actually declining.
39th Annual National Wildlife Winners' PhotographsAbsolutely stunning photographs of wildlife in action. Be sure to look at the dwarf minke whale photograph-it was taken by a youth in Australia.
Whale whopper leaves stinky lesson for health careNov. 12 is the 39th anniversary of the famous "exploding whale" fiasco. Now if you're not familiar with this story, you'll be tempted to suspect I dreamed the whole deal up. Well, I didn't. But you don't need to take my word for it.
Pig Cognition Studies...Parallels With HumansIn the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food.
70ft Whale Beached in Northern Calif. - CBS NewsA 70-foot, female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast in what scientists are calling a rare occurrence.
Camera shows albatrosses feeding with killer whalePictures taken by cameras attached to the backs of albatrosses show that the huge seabirds use killer whales to help find their food for them.
Humpback whales make West Coast comebackA threatened species of whale that was nearly hunted to extinction seems to be making a comeback off Canada's West Coast, according to observers. The North Pacific population of humpback whales has doubled in the past two decades, hitting close to 20,000 in the North Pacific, an …
Twelve metre long dead whale found in Antwerp port The 12 metre long animal is thought to have collided with a ship and then been dragged along up to the lock.
Federal court will not stop U.S. seismic testing in whale habitat off B.C. coastThe Federal Court dismissed Thursday a request by environmental groups for a stay of the federal government's authorization of U.S. scientific marine seismic surveys off the B.C.
Ancient whale remains found in CaliforniaThe partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean 5 million years ago have been discovered on a California beach.
Whale and her calf die on Florida beachRescuers failed in a frantic bid to save a mother whale and her baby after the pair ran aground off a South Florida beach Monday as hundreds looked on, some in tears.
Mila the Beluga Whale Saved a Stricken Diver's Life by Pushing Her to the SurfaceA whale apparently saved a diver's life by "pushing her to the surface."
Get spit on by whale: $200 Tori Sheppard got spit on Tuesday -- and she loved it. The 16-year-old from Grayslake was one of the first members of the public to take part in the Shedd Aquarium's new Beluga Encounter.
Watching Whales Watching UsWhales, we now know, teach and learn. They scheme. They cooperate, and they grieve. They recognize themselves and their friends. They know and fight back against their enemies.
Ancient whale skeleton uncovered under Swedish motorway A whale skeleton, thought to be around 10,000 years-old, has been uncovered during construction of the E6 motorway near Strömstad in western Sweden.
Whale spotted off Lee County coastA fisherman in the Gulf of Mexico spotted this 30 to 50 foot sperm whale Saturday about three miles from Boca Grande Pass. Cool photos.
For Alaska's Inupiat, Climate Change and Culture shockThe Inupiat people of Alaska are strongly tied to the bowhead whale, culturally as well as a food source. Now climate change is pushing the whale more and more out of the Inupiats' range.
Pilot whales stranded in Western AustraliaDead pilot whales are seen on a beach after they became stranded at Hamlin Bay, West Australia in this handout picture taken March 23, 2009 and released to Reuters March 24, 2009.
Rescuers too late for stranded whales and dolphins - World - NZ Herald Newsa tragic year for marine strandings continues worldwide....
Pet Food & the End of the World[In 2000] it took three pounds of wild fish to provide enough food to grow one pound of farmed salmon, environmentalists have been apoplectic.
'Arctic unicorns' in icy displayA BBC team used aerial cameras to film the creatures during their epic summer migration, as they navigated through cracks in the melting Arctic sea ice.
Ancient Whale Gave Birth on LandA rare fossil of an ancient whale with a fetus still inside reveals that its species -- an ancestor to modern whales -- gave birth on land 47.5 million years ago, according to a paper published in the online journal PLoS.
Maiacetus, the good mother whaleJust announced in the journal PLoS One, Maiacetus was a member of the Protocetidae, an extinct group of early whales that beautifully illustrate an important phase of whale evolution.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco -January 24, 2009- (Special Contribution) Navy officials, along with local marine mammal experts, teamed up to free a Humpback whale from a life-threatening entanglement last Friday afternoon.
Two Irish Villages Row Over Who Owns 50-Tonne Whale CarcassA 20m fin whale which was stranded and eventually died in south west Cork in Ireland is at the centre of a tug of war between two villages.
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