A ballooning whale carcass has been found on the north side of Malcolm Island in British Columbia. The young female humpback, called Spike, has no apparent external injuries and rescuers are unsure of ...

Wildlife experts were recently forced to abandon the autopsy of an enormous fin whale corpse that washed up on a beach in Ireland after sounds coming from the giant creature's gut suggested that it ...

A dead 60-foot fin whale washed up on a shore in Ireland on Sunday. Researchers came to collect samples and perform a necropsy on the large animal. However, the project had to be abandoned out of ...

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Whales are some of the largest known creatures to exist (or, in the case of the blue whale, to have ever existed) on Earth, with some species weighing up to 200 tons—and while many find the mammals ...

A killer whale mom, who shot to fame after she carried her dead calf’s corpse with her for more than two weeks in a harrowing tale of grief, has lost another baby, scientists revealed. The orca, ...

HEARTBREAKING pictures have emerged of Hessy the humpback whale being hauled out of the Thames as experts revealed she had been hit by a boat. Her lifeless body was hoisted out of the water by a crane ...

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss.PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. — Scientists are examining the corpse of an endangered whale that washed up on a Mississippi Gulf Coast beach. The rare discovery Saturday marks the first ...