Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean's most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish.
EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A live, pygmy sperm whale calf was reported stranded on the beach in Emerald Isle Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025. This whale was a female and died just before a rescue team ...
What appears to be a rare visit by a minke whale to the San Francisco Bay has become fraught with danger as the animal got stranded Tuesday on a shallow mudflat in Emeryville. Experts with the ...
A whale calf has been put down after becoming stranded from its mother in Cornwall. The female fin, which was 6.2m (20ft) in length, was reported stranded yesterday at 7am in the shallows at Pentewan ...
More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them expected to survive, officials said Wednesday. The 157 whales were found ...
in a “rare” sighting, a sperm whale was observed swimming into the mouth of a river in Ireland. Just a few dozen sperm whale sightings have been made off the coast of Ireland since 1990, according to ...