Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLYMOUTH — A dead minke whale washed ashore in Plymouth over the weekend, marking the second such incident on the South Shore in ...

A 20-foot Minke whale stranded in very shallow waters in Barnegat Bay this weekend in the Jersey Shore area later died before marine rescuers could make it to the distressed whale. Video from nearby ...

EMERYVILLE — A juvenile whale who beached itself several times since it was first spotted in the San Francisco Bay last week was euthanized Tuesday after a team from the Marine Mammal Center ...

Preliminary necropsy findings show the minke whale that collided with a boat in the Barnegat Bay was in thin condition and had an empty stomach. The whale likely entered the bay through Barnegat Inlet ...

A team of marine biologists from Norway, the U.S. and Denmark has conducted the first hearing test of a live baleen whale. For their study published in the journal Science, the group corralled a pair ...

A whale that washed ashore in Cape May Point on Tuesday afternoon was euthanized by wildlife officials after they determined it had a low chance of survival if released back into the wild. The Marine ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KRON) — An individual whale considered rare for the San Francisco Bay that has been observed repeatedly stranding itself near the East Bay this month was euthanized Tuesday ...

Iceland's whaling industry has resumed after a very long break, with two fin whales killed as conservation groups condemn the ...

Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...