A sperm whale recently washed up on a beach in South Africa, a strikingly rare occurrence that hasn’t happened in recent memory. The massive marine animal stranded in the shallow waters off Langezandt ...

Read Full Story by Lauren Liebhaber The species has only been documented off the Emerald Isle about two dozen times since 1990. | Published March 28, 2025 | Read Full Story by Brendan Rascius The ...

It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve?

This sea urchin, found in the deep-sea Clarion Clipperton Zone, is one of many diverse species living at depths of up to 18,000 feet ... according to a new study. To create a comprehensive ...

The authors speculate the rapid decline in sea ice in the Arctic due to climate change may be allowing gray whales to explore—or get lost in—new habitats ... Elwen teamed up with Hoelzel ...

A second dead grey whale has washed ashore in British Columbia in less ... what happened through necropsy reports may take up to three months. There are three grey whale populations in the North ...

After a massive fin whale washed up on a sandbar near Great Island in West ... Officials will share any new findings as they become available. Yarmouth Natural Resources Director David Condon ...

Most whale deaths have been attributed to ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and poor health. In 2023, when nearly two dozen whales washed up on Eastern ... according to the New York ...

A single vertebra dug out of a mine in southern Georgia has been used to identified a new genus and new species ... that the bone didn’t match up with any other species of known tegus.

The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is urging visitors to keep their distance after a grey whale washed up on a popular beach Vancouver Island beach May 7. Parks Canada announced the closure of a ...

"Due to the difficult area it washed ... whales grow to about 35 feet long, weigh up to 20,000 pounds and can live up to 50 years, according to NOAA Fisheries. Their range includes New England ...

A female whale named Calvin has been spotted by researchers off the coast of Massachusetts after disappearing for three years Scientist feared the worst after the animal was last seen with what is ...