Male killer whales appear to be more protected by their mothers than female killer whales are, a new study has found. Published in the journal Current Biology by researchers at the University of Exeter, the University of York and the Center for
A whale hunt near the Faroe Islands left passengers on a luxury cruise in distress as they watched dozens of the creatures die. Ambassador Cruise Line apologized to customers following the July 9 hunt, when locals killed 78 pilot whales – members
Sea turned red in pilot whale hunt in Torshavn (Image: Getty) Campiagners have condemned the mass slaughter of dozens of whales which was witnessed by British cruise passengers in the Faroe Islands. At least 77 pilot whales were murdered during a hunt
Drone footage captured by rangers shows dozens of tiger sharks feeding on the carcass of a humpback whale off the Australian coast. The feasting involved some 50 tiger sharks scavenging a humpback whale that died of natural causes and was floating adrift
A video taken off the coast of Spain has captured a killer whale biting the rudders off a boat. The footage, taken in the Strait of Gibraltar, begins with the massive sea mammal swimming underneath a boat. A snapping sound could be
A Beluga whale that experts suspect to be a Russian navy spy has surfaced off the coast of Sweden once more, this time sporting a harness. Residents of Norway were advised to stay away from the sea creature, which had become known
A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its four crew members. It was the latest episode in a perplexing trend
A gigantic, 30-tonne, whale has died after washing up on a popular tourist beach in the UK with the local council struggling to devise a plan to remove the remains. The mammal was spotted by British Divers Marine Life Rescue struggling in
A huge 10-metre sperm whale has washed up alive on a UK beach as rescuers battled to keep it alive. The giant sea creature wound up on a beach in Cleethorpes, near Grimsby, in North East Lincolnshire today. Locals were stunned and
The orca, which was 21ft in length and weighed over 6,000 pounds, had no obvious signs of trauma after it became stranded on Florida’s Atlantic coast. The majestic apex predator was washed ashore in Flagler County as shocked beachgoers made the most