By Shanna Hanbury The rumble of ship traffic is drowning out the calls of long-finned pilot whales and potentially other ...

An unusual encounter with a group of orcas near Iceland led researchers to discover a new and complex behaviour - they had taken in baby pilot whales, and not necessarily to eat them. Scientists ...

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More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets ...

On 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 frolicking ...

Here’s some important life advice: do not try to challenge a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) to a squid-eating contest. Research out today shows that these marine mammals can ...

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At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died Friday after a mass beaching in Australia as rescuers worked to herd those still alive back out to sea. The stranding of 150 whales at Hamelin Bay, some 315 ...