Ferry-goers and passers-by on the coast of Australia were in for a special surprise when a gray ocean creature made its way close to shore. A fin popped out of the water followed by a head and blow of ...

During whale watching trips on Jan. 2, onlookers saw a fin whale and a minke whale, which are “rare sightings for this time of year,” according to a Jan. 3 Facebook post by the Monterey Bay ...

A wildlife charity has said the number of whale sightings off the Cornish coast has "gone through the roof" in the last few ...

On Dec. 6, Iceland’s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic waters. It granted the fin whale hunting license to Hvalur hf., ...

Iceland resumed special permit whaling in 2003, killing 200 minke whales over the next five years under the guise of scientific research. In 2006, it also resumed commercial whaling under its ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact ...

Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in ... Japan set a combined catch quota of 379 for the three other whale species — minke, Bryde’s and sei whales. The country’s only large ...

Snowy got her nickname because of a white patch on her dorsal fin A minke whale nicknamed Snowy has set a European record for the number of years she has been seen. The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin ...