Scientists in the Arctic are catching the exhaled breaths of whales to better understand their health. How? Drones. "Drones have really revolutionized our ability to get a biological sample from a ...

Experts spent two days trying to save the whale, which weighed roughly 20,000 pounds. West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network For the first time in generations, an Indigenous tribe in Oregon has ...

A 52-ton sperm whale that washed ashore on Nantucket was examined, but no obvious cause of death was found. Scientists conducted a "window necropsy" and sent samples for further lab analysis. Sperm ...

A beached whale on the Oregon Coast, around 1 to 2 years old, unfortunately did not survive, KATU 2 reported Monday. The young female humpback was stranded near San Marine State Park after it was ...

A dead male sperm whale estimated to be about 40 to 50 feet long is currently anchored on a north shore beach on Nantucket while scientists determine what to do with it. Members of Marine Mammal ...

UPDATE: The whale was euthanized around 3:00 p.m. Monday A young humpback whale stranded on the shore near Yachats, which captured the attention of many in Oregon and across the world, will be ...

Efforts to get a stranded humpback whale back into the ocean on Nov. 17 have failed, leaving wildlife officials with limited options except euthanasia, multiple officials said. A pulley system set up ...

A humpback whale that spent Saturday tumbling in the surf off the coast near Yachats, tangled in fishing gear, and washed ashore alive was still breathing as of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to experts ...

Dolphins whistle, humpback whales sing and sperm whales click. Now, a new analysis of sperm whale codas — a unique series of clicks — suggests a previously unrecognized acoustic pattern. The finding, ...

A juvenile humpback, estimated to be about 2 years old, was discovered at a beach in Neskowin on Nov. 4. The whale was examined by Carrie Newell, an Oregon marine biologist and owner of Whale Research ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists ...

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