An endangered sperm whale, one of only a few ever recorded in Israel, has washed ashore at Zikim Beach, prompting scientists to investigate what may be threatening this fragile Mediterranean ...

A dead endangered sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in southern Israel on Tuesday. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority ...

Mediterranean sperm whales are endangered, with only 250–2,500 estimated remaining, and face threats from driftnets, plastic pollution, and seismic surveys.

Indonesian scientists have attached a satellite tag onto an endangered pygmy blue whales for the first time by drone. The tag ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Commissioners for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife voted no on a petition that would’ve modified the rules for crab fisheries in an effort to prevent whale ...

The fate of 30 captive beluga whales and four dolphins hangs in the balance as Marineland in Niagara Falls awaits final approval for an export permit from the Canadian government. Marineland has ...

A new calf has been born to the critically endangered southern resident killer whale population in the Salish Sea. Biologists ...

The U.S. government has promised to take “deregulatory-focused action” in amending a vessel speed limit rule designed to ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) rejected a petition filed by conservation NGOs seeking new rules to reduce the ...

Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, ...

The ODFW Commission voted 6-1 on Feb. 20 to deny the petition that requested crab fishery rules be modified to reduce the risk of whale entanglement ...

Blunt force trauma consistent with vessel strikes could have been behind the dead whale that washed ashore in Barnegat Light.