This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale ...

If nothing is done, extinction is a very real possibility. Researchers reveal troubling findings about whale lifespans: ...

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Marine scientists are investigating yet another whale death after the carcass of a sperm whale washed up on Cuttyhunk Island over the weekend, one of at least a half dozen to wash ashore in ...

Linda Lavin’s cause of death has been revealed. The “Alice” actress passed away Dec. 29 after suffering cardiopulmonary arrest with lung cancer listed as the underlying cause, according to ...

It is the first killer whale predation on a white shark in Australian waters to be confirmed using DNA testing. Research has confirmed a great white shark that washed up on a beach in south-west ...

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Footage has captured the “magic” moment a rare type of whale known to frequent icier waters swam by a Sydney ferry over the public holiday. People could be heard marvelling in the video as the ...

The musician’s wife Sherkita Long-Platt announced his death Friday morning on Facebook. “I just lost my husband and my kids lost their father,” she wrote. “Our life will never be the same.” ...

A 'whale-watcher' who was found alive after 67 ... accusing him of violating the rules of sea transport, so causing the death of his brother and nephew. Instead of being a witness in a criminal ...