Killer whales, giant turtles and real-life Moby Dicks were among the rare sightings recorded in one of the most extensive surveys ever carried out of Irish waters. A blue whale – the largest creature ...

Most reports of vessel collisions involve large whales but all species can be affected. Globally, strikes are under-reported ...

Fish hanging in a smokehouse, a wolf holding a piece of meat, a beluga whale: Those were some of the images etched on bowhead whale baleen during a workshop at the Elders & Youth Conference. More than ...

The report noted that killer whales sighted in Irish waters likely belong to the population that occupies the waters around ...

When visiting the New Bedford Whaling Museum in southeastern Massachusetts, you might want to be a little careful standing under their 66-foot-long blue whale skeleton. That’s because these blue whale ...

Gray whales and humpback whales are among 14 extant species of baleen whales. They are large whales with baleen plates that can sometimes be challenging to differentiate. It’s even more difficult ...

Minke whales are the second-smallest baleen whale species and typically live between 30 to 50 years. They generally feed on small fish such as herring, krill and sandeels. Though minke whales are ...

All cetaceans are split into 2 groups- toothed whales and baleen whales. Baleen whales, like the gigantic 100-foot Blue whale, use very fine keratin “teeth” to filter small crustaceans like ...

The insects and birds who pollinate plants are dynamic, moving from flower to flower — while the flowers and the plants on which they bloomed remain in the same place (as plants tend to do).

The Kalyan unit of Thane crime branch in Maharashtra arrested three people and seized 5.6 kg of ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 6.20 crore, police said on Saturday. The arrested accused were ...