New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma says experts are seeking international help for the whale calf stranded off Sydney's northern beaches. picked by ConeOfSilence 1 year 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

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

A killer whale injured a trainer when he grabbed the man and pinned him to the bottom of an exhibition tank during a show at San Diego's SeaWorld Adventure Park. picked by teaya21 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

A woman in New York received a large mass of some sort of waxy substance as a gift. She's hoping against hope that it turns out to be that rare, "floating gold" of the sea: whale vomit. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

Apparently, dismantling a dead humpback whale on the beach is a lot harder than it seems. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

The newcomer, which was filmed by a television news helicopter, has excited marine scientists who think it may be related to Migaloo - to date, the only known all-white humpback whale. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

An 18-foot minke whale ran aground on a sandbar in the Amazon jungle some 1,000 miles from the ocean, Brazilian media reported Friday. picked by melgesevad 2 years ago

Or were, 5 million years ago. Construction crews spotted a fossilized vertebrae sticking out of the ground at Mid-County beach last month in Santa Cruz, CA, which paleontologists have since identified as the remains of a whale, likely dating back five millions years. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Dramatic footage of a penguin using it's environment to the best advantage when pursued by a killer whale. picked by kelaltieri 1 year ago

This is an old news clip from the 70s. But is it ever a goody. picked by bonsai1776 3 years ago

The splashes, barks and grunts of baleen whales carry much more meaning than biologists thought, according to the latest survey of the marine mammals.
The scientists behind the study say that these noises could be the ideal characteristics for conservationists to monitor to understand the growing impact of noises made by humans on the underwater environment.
[audio clip in article] picked by bingo 1 year ago

Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the porpoises and one of the world's most powerful predators. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid, and seabirds. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

eww picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Willy was never really free. The killer whale star of the Hollywood movie Free Willy had to be cared for by humans even after he was released and he never successfully integrated with his wild kin. Researchers now say attempts to return him to the wild were misguided. picked by bingo 7 months ago