Four rarely seen pygmy killer whales have washed ashore in southern Taiwan. Three have already been released back into the ocean, but one was taken in for treatment for severe sunburns. Local ...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries officials came to the aid of 10 pygmy killer whales that beached themselves at Sugar Beach on Aug. 29. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER ...
COROLLA — A “very emaciated” pygmy sperm whale that washed up on an Outer Banks beach had to be euthanized Wednesday afternoon. The whale was stranded in the Ocean Hill neighborhood in the late ...
JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A pygmy whale died after it became stranded on a beach in Jupiter on Friday morning. According to Loggerhead Marine Veterinarian and Chief Science Officer Heather Barron ...
A pygmy blue whale was rescued after it became wedged underneath a wharf in New Zealand, officials said. Photo from the Department of Conservation A young pygmy blue whale was recently rescued ...
There is very little information available about pygmy sperm whales. Per the Society for Marine Mammalogy, the whales are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them is derived ...
A group of five pygmy killer whales appeared in the shallow waters off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kihei in early May—a worrisome and rare sight, since the species’ habitat is far offshore in ...