Researchers were on an expedition in Dominica when a pod of enormous sleeping sperm whales appeared in front of them.

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Officials say the whale could roll in the surf, posing a danger to beachgoers Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty A 9-foot, 11-ton humpback whale washed ashore in California's Newport Beach ...

A dead 50-foot fin whale washed ashore Friday on an Ocean County beach, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The mammal was found in the surf in Barnegat Light at the northern tip of Long ...

A dead humpback whale who washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was washed back out to sea with the rising tides Thursday night. On Friday morning, scientists located the whale and were ...

A whale-sized tragedy has washed up on a SoCal beach. Beachgoers spotted the body of a gnarly, rotting 10-ton humpback whale lying on Newport Beach Wednesday. The body of a 30-foot whale washed ashore ...

A dead whale washed up on the sand in Newport Beach on Wednesday, with authorities assessing how the mammal died — and how to get it off of the popular beach. The 27-foot whale was first spotted ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A 30-foot dead whale washed ashore in Newport Beach Wednesday, video from AIR7 showed. The humpback whale washed up on the shoreline near 11th Street. Experts estimate ...

South of Santa Cruz, where coastal waters meet the open Pacific, are the deep waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It's home to an amazing array of creatures: over 300 marine mammal ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --A North Atlantic right whale washed ashore on a Virginia barrier island, according to federal scientists, marking the second whale of the endangered species to be found dead off the ...

VIRGINIA - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has responded to a young North Atlantic right whale found dead and washed up on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. NOAA says the Virginia Aquarium ...

The Australian Right Whale Research Study receives funding from the Minderoo Foundation and in kind support from many organisations and volunteers. For decades, southern right whales have been ...