The plan was to lift the whale from the seabed using inflatable cushions and transport it with pontoons back to the North Sea or possibly as far as the Atlantic Ocean. Efforts to rescue a humpback ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) released its 2025 Sightings and Sentinel Actions report this week, showing more reported sightings compared to 2024. That PWWA app received 50,323 ...

Authorities are yet to decide how they will move the body of the massive creature, which is attracting humans, eagles – and plenty of sharks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get ...

Rescuers hope to move young male humpback from Baltic to North Sea after being stranded for a month near Lübeck Timmy the whale rescue attempt begins – in pictures Rescuers trying to save a stranded ...

A group of wealthy Germans have pooled funds in a last-ditch effort to save a stranded humpback whale off the country’s northern coast. The 12-tonne mammal, which has been nicknamed “Timmy” by several ...

SEASIDE, Ore. — Another dead gray whale has appeared on the Oregon coast, this time on Seaside Beach. According to the Seaside Aquarium, the 40-foot male whale was found on the south end of Seaside ...

OCEAN SHORES, Wash. — A gray whale found near Ocean Shores has added to a growing number of deaths across Washington this year, as researchers point to an ongoing pattern affecting the species. A team ...

On Wednesday night a blue whale made a rare appearance on Australia's coastline, showing off its tail. Source: John Morrissey Minutes before darkness fell, an Australian photographer had a rare ...

A month of efforts to help a stranded humpback escape the Baltic Sea have culminated in a tourist and media spectacle, with no guarantee of success. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Poel, a German ...

The struggling humpback whale is due to be fitted with a radio transmitter to help follow his recovery. Meanwhile, Chancellor Merz has promised that Germany is prepared for any crisis. There is ...

An elaborate rescue operation has commenced in Germany to save a sick humpback whale, which has repeatedly stranded itself off the Baltic Sea coast and captured national attention for weeks. Nicknamed ...

Courtesy of Tiffany Boothe / Seaside Aquarium Last Tuesday, a 40-foot gray whale floated ashore on Seaside Beach, its long tail bobbing in the ocean waves. A necropsy on Friday revealed the whale was ...