An emaciated sperm whale washed up on a beach in Canada with a whopping 330 pounds of fishing gear in his stomach. The whale was alive when he washed up on Cape Breton Island on November 9 and teams rushed to try to save the whale. Teams from the Marine Animal Response Society (MARS), the […]
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Norway and United States Continue to Experiment on Endangered Whales Despite Backlash
Norway and the United States continued to experiment on endangered whales for the second year and again delivered no results. The risky experiments entail capturing whales and testing how they respond to ocean noise. Again, besides causing trauma and stress on the animal, they got no results. Just like last year, researchers from the United […]
Rare Deep-Sea Whale Washes Up on California Beach
A mysterious deep-sea whale washed up on a California beach on Sunday. The 16-foot beaked whale was discovered by a passerby at Mendocino County’s Jug Handle State Natural Reserve near Fort Bragg, which is 3.5 hours north of San Francisco, SFGate reported. Because beaked whales live deep beneath the waves and can dive down as […]
Another Dead Whale Washed Ashore Found to Have 33 Pounds of Plastic in Stomach
A dead whale washed up on the shores of Greece and was found to have 33 pounds of plastic in their stomach. The cuvier’s beaked whale washed up on Kremasti beach in Rhodes at the end of April. The magnificent 16-food creature likely died a traumatizing and painful death due to the mounds of plastic […]
A New Species of Beaked-Whale May Have Just Been Discovered
Scientists on an expedition with the Sea Shepherd Society believe they may have discovered a new species of beaked-whale off the coast of Mexico. They were sailing in the San Benito Islands 300 miles from the US border when they made the unique find. The team was seeking out the source of a series of […]
Another Beautiful Whale Found Dead with 220 Pounds of Trash in Stomach
More animals are being harmed because of our plastic habits. In a northern Scottish Island, a sperm whale washed up onto the beach with 220 pounds of plastic in its stomach. The whale beached itself and died December 5, where it was later found by researchers. When a necropsy was performed on the whale, researchers […]
Mother Sperm Whale And Baby Die After Getting Tangled In Fishing Net
A mother sperm whale and her baby have been found dead after getting tangled in a fishing net, environmentalist group Marevivo has reported. Discovered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the western coast of Italy, the Italian Coast Guard responded to a sighting of the mother whale, who measured around six meters, who is said to […]
POLL: Should the Faroe Islands be sanctioned for continuing to slaughter whales?
Whale driving on the Faroe Islands date back to the late 16th century and involve residents herding pods of whales into shallow waters. They are then killed using a ‘spinal lance’ that is inserted through the animal’s neck to break its spinal cord. While locals have been carrying out the annual hunts ahead of the […]