Around forty whales have been beached in the Everglades National Park in southwest Florida.Four have died, with wildlife workers managing to get another six back into deeper water. A further thirty ...

A Florida judge denied conservation groups’ request to defend a whale-protection rule challenged by a boater fined for ...

It's not yet clear why more than 16 pilot whales became stranded in the lower Florida Keys on Thursday, but the list of possible reasons is long -- and includes the whales' social nature. Pilot whales ...

Pilot whales live in tightly cohesive groups and typically will not leave ailing or dead members behind. They are a deep-water species that forages on squid, octopus and fish and cannot live long ...

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by several conservation groups to intervene in a lawsuit challenging a vessel speed limit rule designed ...

Southern resident killer whales face extinction in 75-100 years, study predicts More must be done to protect their habitat and prey to stop the orcas' decline, researchers say.