A necropsy is planned on a pygmy sperm whale calf that stranded alive but died on the beach in Emerald Isle last Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025, the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology personnel found a live pygmy sperm whale ...

Minister Dooley represents Ireland at the 10th Our Oceans Conference in Busan, highlighting commitments to ocean ...

A rarely seen species of whale became stranded alive on a North Carolina island, only to perish before help could arrive, ...

Learn more about the recent discovery of this spade-toothed whale and what an international research team uncovered about it.

Galway PhD student Seán O’Callaghan develops a novel method for identifying sperm whales using aerial photographs.

pygmy blue whale, southern right whale dolphin, goose-beaked whale, and pygmy sperm whale added to the list. Leopard seals were moved from at-risk to migrant. A ‘Threatened’ species status is given to ...

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 ...

Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the orcas surrounded a 60ft endangered pygmy blue whale and tore it to shreds in a savage 90-minute attack. The event is so rare it's only the fourth ...

Killer whales are known for hunting in packs, making them a dangerous creature. A pod of more than 60 orcas, better known as killer whales, have been spotted attacking and killing an 18-metre-long ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University ...

Tourists and researchers witnessed a pod of orcas hunt and kill an endangered pygmy blue whale ... predators including sharks, pilot whales, beaked whales, and the highly intelligent orcas.