Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

A dead minke whale washed up on the northern beaches of the Outer Banks Tuesday evening, the third dead whale to turn up near the Virginia Beach coast in the last three days. The whale was found on ...

PLYMOUTH — A dead minke whale washed ashore in Plymouth over the weekend, marking the second such incident on the South Shore in the past five weeks. The nonprofit organization Whale and Dolphin ...

COROLLA, N.C. — A dead minke whale has washed up on Corolla beach, making this the third dead whale in the area in three days. The Jennette's Pier stranding coordinator told News 3 that the team is ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...

A rare juvenile minke whale that had repeatedly been seen stranded in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized Tuesday after officials determined the mammal had little chance for survival. The stranded ...

"While not the outcome we hoped for, it was in the best interest of this whale," the Marine Mammal Center said Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of ...

Marine wildlife experts on Thursday attempted to help direct a young minke whale out of Long Beach Harbor where it has been swimming for the last few days, according to authorities. “This happens from ...