A mystery surrounding the beluga whale that captured global attention with rumors of espionage has finally been resolved. Known as “Hvaldimir,” the 14-foot-long 2,000 pound whale was found dead in ...

Over 20 species of whales and dolphins live in Irish waters. That makes Ireland one of the best whale-watching destinations in Europe. Its primary spot, West Cork, is a habitat for over 12 cetacean ...

XRP's price dropped over 20% earlier in the week. Increased whale activity with recent transfers of over 100 million XRP has triggered concerns among investors. Technical analysis shows XRP ...

A beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation that it was a Russian spy, was not shot to death as claimed by animal rights groups but died of a bacterial ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - In this photo taken in April 2019 a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway is fed. (Jorgen Ree Wiig ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by NOAA Fisheries shows scientists and researchers performing a necropsy on a North ...

The body of a 16-tonne fin whale washed up on 13th Beach, on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula, on September 13. The state government had decided to let the carcass decompose naturally, but ...

The trade of ambergris is illegal in India, yet it continues to thrive. Ambergris, or whale vomit or floating gold, is a solid waxy substance that is extremely rare and thus incredibly expensive.

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 ...

Why they're awesome: The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale, but these strange sea creatures can grow even longer — reaching up to 150 feet (46 meters) in length.

Experts say they cannot remove a stranded dead whale from a beach. The animal, believed to be a minke or fin whale, washed up on Hartlepool's Headland beach on Sunday and remains there days later.

Kennedy Jr.'s daughter Kick Kennedy. She relayed a story from when she was six (in 1994) about her father harvesting the head of a dead whale on the beach at Squaw Island in Hyannis Port. She said ...