The stranded short-finned pilot whale Haitang is transported to a research ship on Saturday and returns to sea at 6:15 am on Sunday. [Photo by Wang Chenglong/For chinadaily.com.cn] After nearly ...

The sighting of Eternity beyond Canada’s 200-mile limit was an exciting observation for Dr. Jack Lawson, a DFO research ...

Then, almost a year later, on June 20, 2023, a pilot whale calf was again spotted within a group of orcas. As before, this group of orcas was known to the team as herring specialists.

Newborn pilot whales have been spotted mysteriously swimming among pods of orcas. Scientists are trying to puzzle out how the pilot whale calves got there and what happened to them.

They found the pod the next day, but the pilot whale calf was nowhere to be seen. Scientists noticed orcas interacting with baby pilot whales off Iceland every year from 2021 to 2023.

In September 2022, about 200 pilot whales died during a mass whale stranding at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour. After an extensive rescue operation, about 30 animals were refloated from the ...

SEA BRIGHT -- A long-finned pilot whale that stranded at the beach here May 14 was euthanized by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to prevent the animal from further suffering.

The post added that this wasn’t a small pod of pilot whales, either. “We saw hundreds of them, stretching as far as the eye could see,” 7 Seas Whale Watch said, describing males that were ...

A sick, starved pilot whale had to be euthanized after washing up on the beach in Sea Bright on Wednesday, officials said. The 15-foot, long-finned, male whale was first spotted struggling in the ...

Benevolent Orca Pods Are Adopting Baby Pilot Whales in an Apparent Effort to Clean Up the Species' Image It's a whale of a tale. / Earth & Energy / Killer Whales / Marine Life / Orcas ...

Last Monday and Tuesday, those aboard the 7 Seas Whale Watch’s Privateer IV were greeted to a sight many captains and naturalists had not seen in more than 10 years: long-finned pilot whales ...