Weighing 80 tons, fin whales are the second-largest animal on the planet. Just a few decades ago, these massive mammals had nearly been driven to extinction, with 700,000 killed for their blubber ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Drones have captured how fin whales have returned to the same part of the Spanish coast in an annual ritual to feast on krill. The common fin whale lives in oceans around the ...

Whales fertilize the ocean with vital nutrients; their excrement stimulates phytoplankton, oxygen, and carbon capture in ...

Bill Franciscovich enjoyed the view of the ocean while biking down Highway 1. Sometimes, he’d catch a glimpse of whales breaching and feeding on the horizon. On Thursday, however, he was greeted by a ...

People should not approach a huge dead fin whale that has washed up on a beach on the Mizen peninsula in west Cork due to uncertainty around the cause of death, an expert has warned. Stephanie ...

Whale sharks, the ocean’s gentle giants, rely on small but predictable feeding hotspots, like the mackerel tuna spawning area ...

A group was able to spot sea creatures off the coast of California, whale watchers said. Matt Hardy Unsplash A group of onlookers got the chance to see a plethora of sea creatures off the California ...

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...

The carcass of a 61-foot fin whale washed up on the rocky shore near San Simeon over the weekend, seen here on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. Bill Franciscovich Bill Franciscovich enjoyed the view of the ...