Killer whales have been getting a bad rap of late, mainly due to attacking boats around Europe, but really they’re just trying to go about their business. Unfortunately for a pod of orcas off ...

Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) said a group of 157 false killer whales were stranded on the beach on Wednesday morning. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ...

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia's island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Experts ...

A father-son duo kayaking off the coast of Chile has made waves after sharing a video of what appears to show a humpback whale briefly scooping one of them into its mouth. Adrián Simancas was ...

Right whales are the rarest of all large whales. There are several species, but all are identified by enormous heads, which can measure up to one-third of their total body length. These whales ...

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...

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After existing efforts to save the aquatic animals, Australian authorities are euthanizing 90 beached whales stranded on a Tasmanian beach. During a press conference, Brendon Clark, an officer ...

One of the world’s most endangered whales lost a layer of its protections last week after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded guidance for oil and gas industry ships to slow down ...