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Whale in Wales: amateur photographer captures stunning footage - video

Amateur wildlife photographer Rhys Morgan has caught extraordinary footage of one of the largest whale species on Earth. While sailing off the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, Morgan...

WSC Releases Digital Version of Whale Chart

WSC's Whale Chart was first released in 2023, as a global source of all known mandatory and voluntary governmental measures designed to reduce harm to whales from vessels.

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale res...

Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of Greenland

The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a profound experience of seeing them

Could humans ever communicate with whales? - video

Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. A...

Hear the Sonic Blasts Affecting Endangered Rice’s Whales in the Gulf of Mexico

Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.

A Definitive Ranking of the Most Iconic Whales of All Time

In honor of Whalefall, we dredged the depths for the most memorable cetaceans to grace the public consciousness.

Rare whale and calf sighting prompts boatie warning

DOC is asking boaties to take care as a southern right whale and calf head south past Auckland.

Can we stop ships from killing the Mediterranean’s last great whales?

Collisions with ships are a leading anthropogenic killer of the Mediterranean’s two endangered large-bodied cetacean species, sperm and fin whales. In 2025, thousands of vessels tr...

A Sperm Whale Sank a Yacht in the South Pacific, Recalling the Real-Life Story Behind <em>Moby-Dick</em>

Learn how four sailors had to survive 18 hours after their boat collided with a sperm whale, and how the rise in these collisions is dangerous for humans and cetaceans.

a tail/tale of a whale – part 1

Updated 08/31/26 I had such wonderful plans for the last two weeks of summer. 1; invite Ann to the cottage to relax and do some felting, 2; do some wet felting to add to some dry f...

One of the last three whaling countries takes steps toward a ban

One of the last countries to allow whaling is taking steps that could lead to a ban, following a shift in public opinion.

Norway's Whale Museum evokes a giant tail rising out of the water

India Reaffirms Commitment to Conservation of Whales and Other Cetaceans at IWC-70 in Hobart, Australia

 India Reaffirms Commitment to Conservation of Whales and Other Cetaceans at IWC-70 in Hobart, AustraliaScience-based conservation, international cooperation and practical measures...

Friends of the White Whale Society Presents Two of the Rare Ones, On The Road

Thanks to AH for sending a very rare true white whale above from Massachusetts: “They’re on the March!” And thanks to Dirk for also sending a very rare one from […]

Whale Batters a Yacht, Leaving Its Crew Stranded for 18 Hours

Four people were rescued after being adrift in a life raft in the South Pacific. One of them said he thought he had a better chance of winning the lottery than of being hit by a wh...

Up to 30 minke whales gather off Isle of Eigg in rare Hebrides spectacle

Humpback whales, a basking shark and dolphins were also spotted on the expedition.

Short story, Chasing down the whale, by Susanna Elliffe

'There are more whales on the beach. Council can’t dig holes fast enough' The post

Thousands of Giant Whales Are Suddenly Flooding Into an Arctic “Feeding Frenzy”

Thousands of enormous whales are turning the waters off East Greenland into an immense feeding ground that barely existed a generation ago. Fin whales, humpback whales, and common...

Otters, whales and Glacier Bay: Vermonters in Alaska, Part 2

"Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, where we will spend our last two nights together, isn’t exactly small."

Vietnam's whale temples reveal secrets of the sea

A lifetime studying and advocating for cetaceans: Interview with Paul Spong

Paul Spong’s life has been entwined with whales for nearly six decades. In the 1960s, Spong, who hails from Aotearoa New Zealand, moved to the U.S. to study physiological psycholog...

Canada’s rescued beluga whales face an uncertain new chapter

The post Canada’s rescued beluga whales face an uncertain new chapter appeared first on Getaway Magazine.

Scientists use satellites to track whale strandings in remote places from space

In 2015, the remote coastal fjords of southern Patagonia turned into a whale graveyard. That June, scientists found 337 dead and decomposing sei whales, a species of baleen whale,...