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A pod of 77 pilot whales has died after washing ashore on a beach in Orkney in what could be the biggest mass stranding for decades. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) had established ...

The Center for Whale Research announced the addition of a new calf in J pod along with the news of the recent passing of one ...

Beluga whales are some of the sea's most delightful ... Hudson Bay’s Churchill River estuary attracts massive pods of belugas. Each summer nearly 60,000 whales migrate to its waters.

The killer whale pod in Mexico hunts and attacks much larger whale sharks by targeting them from below, a study finds Kelsey Williamson Orcas — also known as killer whales — are once again on ...

A 16-year-old beluga whale named Qinu stole the internet's heart with her sweet reaction to a couple's proposal in front of her tank Courtesy of Olivia Walsh A beluga whale has gone viral for its ...

hunting cooperatively in large groups of other whales called pods. Due to their highly social behaviors, they make a popular zoo animal. Beluga whales were one of the first types of whales to be ...

Like the legendary Moby Dick, the full-grown beluga whale is snowy white. Yet unlike Herman Melville's mostly fictitious albino sperm whale, which had only Captain Ahab to deal with, the beluga swims ...

When confined, they are prevented from carrying out natural behaviors, which include roaming up to 100 miles per day, hunting live prey, and interacting with their pod mates—who also ... entertainment ...