In July 2024, scientists in Otago, New Zealand, made a stunning discovery: an elusive spade-toothed beaked whale had washed up on the shore. The whale had never been seen in the wild, and finding a ...

A dead Longman’s beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), identified as a pregnant female, was found beached along the shoreline of Barangay Poblacion in Lianga, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, prompting a ...

This past July 4th, a rare beaked whale washed up on a beach in New Zealand. This species is so elusive it has never been seen alive, so its appearance now, even as a carcass, is quite surprising. Let ...

pilot whales, beaked whales, and the highly intelligent orcas. As such, Bremer Canyon has become a popular whale-watching destination. This week, a pod of orcas put on a gruesome show. On Monday ...

As he descended, a hulking mass took shape below him. There, at an exceptionally shallow 115 feet, lay the body of a baby gray whale. Whale falls are usually not seen by human divers. Typically ...

A dead minke whale washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard on Sunday. The whale was 27 feet long and weighed approximately 6,000-7,000 pounds, according Bret Stearns ...

A group of over 75 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were seen in shipping lanes south of Martha’s Vineyard, the New England Aquarium announced, triggering a “crucial” slow ...

A rare whale species has finally made its cinematic debut. Science students captured two True's beaked whales on camera during an expedition in Portugal's Azores Islands. Their video is the first ...

Update, Wednesday: Volunteers with Vulcan Towing in Anchorage helped Museum of Alaska director James Grogan extract almost all of the remaining bones from a fin whale on Cook Inlet mudflats on ...

FISHING GEAR. WE’VE BEEN SEEING THE WHALES WAY OUT. THERE’S RIGHT WHALES. THERE’S AT LEAST 20 OF THEM OUT THERE. LOOKING THROUGH HIS SPOTTING SCOPE. OH, YEAH. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.