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Weird 'alien' sacks wash up on UK beach, most likely a whale's stomach
By Harry Baker published
A dog-walker recently stumbled across a bizarre, white "fleshy lump" on a beach in Cornwall, England. Experts think that the unusual object is actually part of a whale's stomach.
Whale sighting in Australia hints at 'extremely unusual' interspecies adoption
By Harry Baker last updated
An adult southern right whale was recently spotted swimming alongside a humpback whale calf. Experts think the larger whale may have adopted the juvenile after it lost its real mother.
A blue whale's daily intake of microplastics weighs as much as a small person
By Harry Baker published
Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.
Newfound whale species that lives exclusively in US waters may already be on the brink of extinction
By Harry Baker published
A group of more than 100 international researchers has signed an open letter to the Biden administration calling for urgent action to save Rice's whale from extinction.
A Parasite Spread by Cat Poop Is Infecting (and Probably Killing) Whales in Canada
By Brandon Specktor last updated
Fifteen of 34 dead beluga whales tested positive for a potentially lethal cat-poop parasite.
230 pilot whales beached in Tasmania — exactly 2 years after the area's last mass stranding
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Two mass strandings have occurred in the same region of Tasmania.
Extremely rare white humpback whale washes up dead on Australian beach
By Harry Baker published
A dead white humpback whale was recently found on a remote beach in Australia. However, experts say the animal is not an albino.
55,000 beluga whales are on the move, and you can watch their migration live
By Stephanie Pappas published
In celebration of Arctic Sea Ice Day (July 15), viewers can tune in to watch beluga whales frolic in Hudson Bay by the thousands.
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