A large sperm whale was spotted near Arthurstown, Co Wexford on Tuesday close to the Waterford Estuary. Locals had been ...

Just a few dozen sperm whale sightings have been made off the coast of Ireland since 1990, according to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. Photo from IWDG, Facebook A sperm whale was recently seen ...

On Monday, BDMLR was called a report of a sperm whale grounded near the shore of nearby Raasay. Some ropes were wrapped around the animal and the team believe it is the same animal they helped ...

A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the island of Raasay. The 15m-long (49ft) animal was spotted in difficulty off nearby Skye on Thursday.

Volunteers remove remaining lengths of rope from the whale after it was found stranded on Monday A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the ...

A sperm whale spotted entangled in ropes off Skye last week has become stranded on a shore off the nearby island of Raasay. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) managed to cut five ropes from ...

The economic stakes were high: Each expedition could yield hundreds of barrels of precious whale oil. There was also valuable ambergris, a substance from the sperm whale used in making perfumes ...