To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid ...

Plastic waste floating in the oceans effectively confuses whales, which use echolocation in deep waters to locate food.

To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid ...

A council responsible for moving a dead whale from a beach has said it would be "too dangerous" to attempt the operation. The 16ft (5m) minke whale has been beached at Saltwick Bay, near Whitby ...

A council responsible for moving a dead whale from a beach has said it would be "too dangerous" to attempt the operation. The 16ft (5m) minke whale has been beached at Saltwick Bay, near Whitby, since ...

I was walking on the beach at Half Moon Bay in California, when I saw the strangest thing approaching on the waves. When it struck the shore and deflated, I knew: it was a dead whale. But it wasn ...

Samples of plastic beach trash collected in Beaufort and Atlantic Beach, North Carolina and then subjected to underwater acoustic testing. Echo-locating whales may not be able to tell the difference ...

This was the heartbreaking scene as rescuers desperately battled to save 55 pilot whales which beached themselves on Cape Cod yesterday. As temperatures soared into the 80s, scores of volunteers ...