A rare young pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag: an exceptional case that highlights the alarming impact ...

In addition to confirming the whole genome of the animal, it also linked this elusive species to a well-recorded whale song.

Researchers have identified ginkgo-toothed beaked whales alive at sea for the first time after years of searching, and in ...

Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch ...

A RARE WHALE spotted at Donegal Bay last year has been sighted in waters in Massachusetts, almost 5,000km away. The North ...

Researchers say the 3,000-mile journey taken by the North Atlantic right whale is the first documented case of its kind, ...

Whale watchers in Madeira captured the astonishing moment orcas took down the deep-diving marine mammal. The predatory ...

Scientists hail ‘very significant’ sighting of endangered right whale individual, recognisable from unique pattern of ...

Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare Center successfully found and photographed living ginkgo-toothed beaked whales ...

A rare white whale was recently spotted off the coast of New Zealand, and experts believe it may be the elusive Migaloo. Photo from Georgia Phelps Georgia Phelps hopped in her car and hightailed it ...