Just as doctors might do to patients in a hospital, Arnold Leonard once used specially fitted plastic tubing to administer oxygen to a beluga whale. In the summer of 1986, Leonard and others adopted ...

More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on ...

Whales seek warmer weather in the winter, just like snowbirds. After spending their summers in Alaska, humpbacks trek down to Mexico and Hawaii to give birth in subtropical waters, passing by gray ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ...

(Nov. 25, 2024) Scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies Right Whale Ecology Program observed two endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay during an aerial survey last Monday, Nov.

A pod of more than 30 pilot whales were rescued after being stranded on Ruakākā Beach near Whangārei in northern New Zealand on Sunday, officials say. The Department of Conservation (DOC ...

An effort to save dozens of whales from certain death is being hailed as “incredible” by New Zealand conservationists. More than 30 stranded pilot whales were reportedly rescued on Sunday, Nov. 24, by ...

128 pilot whales have died in two mass strandings in WA in the past 18 months, and scientists are looking for answers. Tests on a number of dead pilot whales ruled out common infections ...

Whale sharks, which grow up to 18m long, are known to feed in the gulf, and there is anecdotal evidence that they are hunted by orcas, an apex predator. Researchers have now gathered direct ...

Whales in the south Pacific have historically found themselves washed up on New Zealand's shores in large numbers. After the latest major beaching event, local residents and conservation workers ...

These baleen whales can be recognised easily by their strongly arched mouth, lack of dorsal fin and V-shaped blowhole spray. Their head and lower jaw is covered with callosities; large, white, rough ...