With over 60,000 ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar each year, this stretch between the Atlantic and Mediterranean ...

Scientists say "chemical signatures" in the animals' skin provide new data on feeding behaviour.

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 ...

In the Strait of Gibraltar – a famous marine road connecting the Mediterranean and the Atlantic – lives a critically ...

Endangered pilot whales are calling louder to compete with ship noise, but researchers say signals may already be at their ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a New Zealand beach were ...

London — A dozen whales that initially survived a mass stranding this week off the northeast coast of Scotland had to be euthanized, a British marine life rescue charity has said. A total of 77 ...

An investigation into a mass stranding that led to the deaths of more than 50 pilot whales in 2023 suggested that the animals got stuck too close to shore after following a female in the pod who was ...

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 ...