Marine biologists were standing watch on Tuesday over a young whale that lost its way in New York harbor and nearly wandered into a narrow waterway notorious for industrial pollution. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A Japanese fisherman drowned on Tuesday after a whale he was trying to rescue capsized his small fishing boat, a coastguard official said. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

An Australian man is charged with harassing a rare humpback whale by buzzing past him with a friend's speedboat. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Iceland has broken a global moratorium on commercial whaling, killing an endangered fin whale on Sunday for the first time since the 1980s. picked by Sparky 3 years ago

A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock Wednesday and died suddenly.
Update to this story picked by suebe 3 years ago

Sixteen football-sized vertebrae belonging to a prehistoric whale dating back 5 million years ago were uncovered February 22 on the estate of Castello Banfi, in Montalcino, Tuscany. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

A huge hunk of petrified whale vomit worth as much as $18,000. Ambergris is a rare and often valuable ingredient in fine perfumes. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.

With the mess the US Social Security is in, how long will it take for something similar to happen here? picked by tigertony 1 year ago

Qila, a 12-year-old beluga whale, yesterday endured three hours of labour before giving birth to a 1.5m calf in a large private pool at Vancouver Aquarium in Canada.

Edited to add video. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Your Predator drone has all the latest gear, including communications, laser target designator, day and night cameras and, of course, Hellfire missiles. But, according to Special Operations Command, it still needs that essential finishing touch... picked by kakana 3 months ago

Wops, thwops, grumbles and squeaks are part of the extensive whale repertoire picked by kairo 2 years ago

The Miami teen accused of brutally killing nearly two dozen cats can be released on bail because he poses no danger to himself or the community, a judge ruled Wednesday. picked by Doggylives 5 months ago

Officials are investigating the removal of parts from a whale. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

An 81-year-old Gold Coast man built, and yesterday used, an intricate suicide machine to remotely shoot himself, after downloading the plans from the internet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A gruesome and unsolved murder has New York City police stumped and looking for a killer whose weapon of choice was a corkscrew. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Narwhals are an Arctic whale known as the unicorn of the sea. The males have a distinctive long, spiral tusk. For centuries, traders sold these tusks as the legendary unicorn horn, which people thought had magic powers. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

In August of 1986 Lake Nyos in Cameroon "exploded", releasing up to 1 km of CO2 and killing about 1700 people up to 26 km away from the lake. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Ahmad Suradji, self proclaimed healer and sorcerer killed 42 women and girls, ranging from 11 to 30. Found guilty in 1998, he was executed by firing squad on 10th July. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

You decide... check out the pictures and try and figure it out picked by ash0283 3 years ago

Until now sheep were thought to eat only grass.
But bird expert Dr Niall Burton watched in horror as one bloodthirsty woolly fiend pounced on a baby grouse and munched it. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago