New study reveals plastic glitter microplastics disrupt marine biomineralisation, impacting ecosystem health and calcifying species ...

A loggerhead turtle named Columbus thrives at Galway Atlantaquaria after being rescued by a family in north Mayo ...

Beluga whales live around the world and are even found in Arctic waters where their layer of fat (blubber) protects them from the icy cold. Their lack of dorsal fin helps them swim through the ice.

A mysterious whale that has long puzzled scientists may not be an anomaly, but a clue to what climate change is doing beneath ...

A complete carcass of a fin whale was discovered off the coast of Yilan County, the first time the world’s second-largest marine mammal has been discovered in its entirety near Taiwan, the Taiwan ...

Whales, the ocean's largest creatures, were once land-dwelling animals that walked on four legs. Around 50 million years ago, their ancestors roamed the shores, evolving into the marine giants we ...

According to the museum, it was the first time in 31 years for a whale carcass longer than 10 meters to be found in Osaka Bay since the 1990 discovery of a 19-meter-long finback.

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beluga whales, and harbor porpoises. Baleen whales, also called great whales, are generally much larger and slower than toothed whales. The exception is the fin whale, known as the “greyhound of the ...