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An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal's death. The carcass ...

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...

When whales set off for their breeding grounds, they generally stop feeding and metabolise the energy stored in their blubber ...

Major Icelandic whaling company Hvalur has just announced that it will not hunt fin whales this summer, Mongabay reported. This announcement comes after a controversial decision by the government of ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...