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Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)

The whales, some of which were still alive when they were found and later died, were stranded on the south-eastern beaches of Grand Sable, and some of them had ...

Captive beluga whales released into Iceland sea sanctuary

Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)

Little White and Little Grey, two 13-year-old females, left behind their previous lives entertaining visitors at the Changfeng Ocean World in June 2019 when the...

High levels of mercury, plastic toxins found in stranded whales, dolphins

Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)

Scientists who led the study said the data provides new, troubling information about the impact of pollution on marine mammals -- knowledge that could help save...

Ten dead whales found on Indonesian beach, one saved by locals

Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)

The marine mammals, ranging from 2-6 metres (6.5-20 feet) in length, were found in the remote province of East Nusa Tenggara, the head of the region's water con...

Giant whale washes up on Indonesian beach

Jul 22, 2020 (AFP)

Curious onlookers crowded the shore of coastal Kupang city as officials scrambled to figure out what to do with the bloated carcass, which was first spotted on ...

Faroes whaling season opens despite virus cases

Jul 17, 2020 (AFP)

The ancient grindadrap (slaughter), which began more than 1,000 years ago, is a cultural mainstay of the archipelago, an autonomous Danish territory in the Nort...

Whale that won Canadian hearts believed to be dead

Jun 10, 2020 (AFP)

The pilot of a passing commercial ship early in the morning spotted a "whale carcass" near Varennes in the Monteregie region of the Canadian province, about 20 ...

Boat strike likely killed wayward whale that delighted Canadians

Jun 10, 2020 (AFP)

"The preliminary diagnosis is a suspected boat strike," said Stephane Lair, a University of Montreal veterinarian leading a post-mortem examination of the two- ...

Wayward whale takes city break in Montreal

Jun 01, 2020 (AFP)

Since Saturday, the giant creature has been swimming in the St Lawrence river against the backdrop of the Montreal skyline -- hundreds of kilometres (miles) fro...

No whaling in Iceland for second straight year

Apr 24, 2020 (AFP)

As Icelandic whaling is limited to the summer months, this means no whales will be hunted off the subarctic coasts of Iceland, for the second year in a row. IP-...

Narwhal tusk size plays role in sexual selection, researchers say

Mar 18, 2020 (UPI)

The male narwhal, which typically grows to 4,200 pounds and a length of 17 feet, grows a single tusk from the front of its head. Regarded as a modified tooth, s...

Namibia launches probe after 86 dolphins die on beach

Mar 09, 2020 (AFP)

Fisheries and marine Resources ministry spokeswoman Rauna Kalola said scientists had been despatched to the beach, near the town of Luderitz, around 685 kilomet...

Solar storms could scramble whales' navigational sense

Feb 25, 2020 (SPX)

Many animals can sense the Earth's magnetic field and use it like a GPS to navigate during their long migrations. However, solar storms could be disrupting that...

Beaked whales observed coordinating deep dives

Feb 07, 2020 (UPI)

In a new study, scientists successfully tagged two beaked whales from the same social group on three separate occasions -- once in the Canary Islands, another t...

Seven stranded whales refloated in New Zealand

Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)

About 1,000 locals and holidaymakers had spent several hours comforting the beached whales on the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island. They were refloated ...

Ancient whale species sheds light on shift from limb- to tail-powered swimming

Dec 20, 2019 (UPI)

Due to gaps in the fossil record, the transition from limb- to tail-powered locomotion among whales isn't well-understood. But a newly discovered species of anc...

High-tech tag helps scientists measure blue whale's heart rate

Nov 27, 2019 (UPI)

Scientists previously tested their tag on captive whales, but researchers weren't sure they were going to be able to successfully attach to the underside of a b...

Early dispersal for quadrupedal cetaceans: amphibious whale from middle Eocene

Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)

Around 45 million years ago, four-legged whales (protocetids) gradually dispersed out of Asia, westward towards Africa and then reached the east coast of North ...

Russia releases last belugas from 'whale jail'

Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)

The fate of the whales, which were captured to perform in aquariums, sparked international outrage earlier this year after pictures appeared in the media of the...

Bits of oil from Brazil spill reach whale sanctuary

Nov 02, 2019 (AFP)

The area around the small Abrolhos archipelago off the coast of northeast Bahia state has some of Brazil's richest biodiversity. The oil was being recovered by ...