A pod of around 50 short-finned pilot whales has been spotted near a pier in Hualien, giving local whale watchers a rare, close-up encounter. Marine experts note that while these deep-sea mammals ...

Orcas are apex predators of the ocean, capable of taking down a variety of species and even the occasional yacht. However, in Iceland, there are orca groups that specialize in hunting fish, in ...

Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.

An investigation into a mass stranding that led to the deaths of more than 50 pilot whales in 2023 suggested that the animals got stuck too close to shore after following a female in the pod who was ...

New research, focused on the feeding behavior of long-finned pilot whales, has shed light on one of Scotland's largest mass stranding events. The study, led by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding ...

Here’s some important life advice: do not try to challenge a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) to a squid-eating contest. Research out today shows that these marine mammals can ...

One day in June 2022 Chérine Baumgartner, a researcher at the Icelandic Orca Project, was watching from a dinghy as a pod of killer whales fed on herring — when she noticed something very odd about ...

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species of these majestic mammals. That’s right. More than a dozen whale species ...