For days now, marine biologists have been assuming that there is no rescue for Timmy the humpback whale stranded in the Bay of Wismar. The Environment Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is now ...

A group of wealthy Germans have pooled funds in a last-ditch effort to save a stranded humpback whale off the country’s northern coast. The 12-tonne mammal, which has been nicknamed “Timmy” by several ...

Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping route Gray whales have historically been a rare sight in the San Francisco Bay. They ...

The animals might be entering the Bay in search of food as climate change disrupts traditional sources. They face huge risks from ships in the area. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Nearly one-fifth of the ...

SEASIDE, Ore. — Another dead gray whale has appeared on the Oregon coast, this time on Seaside Beach. According to the Seaside Aquarium, the 40-foot male whale was found on the south end of Seaside ...

At least six gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay from mid-March to early April 2026. These deaths follow a pattern over the past few years, and they are raising concerns among marine biologists ...

Sperm whales’ click-based communication system has patterns that echo how human languages use vowels, according to a new study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...

A whale stranded on a sandbar in Wallis Lake on the NSW mid north coast has been refloated by marine animal rescue teams. Animal rescue boats are attempting to guide the whale around "notorious" ...

Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own We may appear to have little in common with sperm whales – enormous, ocean-dwelling animals that last ...

A month of efforts to help a stranded humpback escape the Baltic Sea have culminated in a tourist and media spectacle, with no guarantee of success. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Poel, a German ...

Scientists are learning that sperm whales communicate in ways that may mirror human language. A sperm whale is seen socializing with its pod near Dominica, where scientists have been studying how the ...