Police and wildlife authorities were alerted to the pod, believed to be pilot whales, at Macquarie Harbour near Strahan off Tasmania’a coast on Monday morning.

At least one humpback whale remains in the Northern Territory river after getting lost, experts say.

The seven northern bottlenose dolphins were spotted stranded on a beach in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, on the north west coast of Ireland, earlier today.

Ancient giant crocodiles called thalattosuchians evolved into terrifying ocean predators that mimicked the senses of whales and dolphins, according to new research in Scotland.

Researchers attached cameras to the backs of 30 Antarctic Minke whales. The footage shows scientists how these mysterious creatures feed and respond to different amounts of sea ice.

Seven pilot whales were found dead on an eastern Indonesian beach, an official said Saturday, after 17 were stranded in the remote area. Residents of nearby Menia Village managed to save ten of the whales, all roughly three to four metres long, in a rescue attempt on Friday. “There were some lacerations on their body […]

Some 20 pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland, emergency services said Saturday, only two weeks after a similarly unexplained mass stranding had already killed dozens of the long-finned cetaceans. The dead whales, part of a group of 50 stranded whales, were discovered late Friday near Gardur, some […]

Dozens of pilot whales beached themselves on a Georgia shore and most were rescued by authorities and onlookers.

Researchers studied the conversations between southern right whale mothers and their calves in Flinders Bay, of the southern tip of Western Australia.

Japanese whalers brought ashore their first catches Monday as they resumed commercial hunting after a three-decade hiatus, brushing aside criticism from activists who say the practice is cruel and outdated. Five vessels set sail under grey morning skies from northern Japan’s Kushiro with their horns blaring and grey tarps thrown over their harpoons. The hunts […]