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Archaeologists in Thailand unearthed a perfectly preserved 41-foot-long whale skeleton near the country’s capital.

A pair of whale strandings in Maine are concerning scientists and marine mammal rescuers. Over the past month, two beaked whales, a rarely seen type of whale with teeth, have washed ashore and died in the state, first in June in York and then weeks later in Phippsburg. Last Saturday, a Phippsburg family contacted Marine Mammals of Maine, which responds…

The stranding of a pair of beaked whales, rare in the waters of Maine, have scientists concerned.

A dead humpback whale has washed ashore at a Rhode Island beach. The Providence Journal reports that the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said it received a report of a dead whale at the Charlestown Breachway on Sunday. The 20-foot whale is expected to remain there until at least Wednesday, when a team from the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut…

A high school senior in Southern California was flying his drone around a beach when he spotted something extraordinary. A giant whale was swimming toward and then under a group of more than a dozen surfers sitting on their boards in waters near Dana Point, south of Los Angeles, on Monday. The surfers appeared largely oblivious to the massive mammal,...

A high school senior in Southern California was flying his drone around a beach when he spotted something extraordinary.

The federal government says it’s considering the concerns of a lobster fishermen’s group about a plan to try to save an endangered species of whale. The plan concerns the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers only about 400. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association pulled its support from the plan this summer because of concerns it placed too much onus on lobstermen,...

Crews were working Tuesday to rescue a stranded whale off the coast of Massachusetts. WJAR reported the whale was stranded at Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven. A stretcher and pontoons will reportedly be used to try to free the whale.

Crews effort to rescue a whale stuck on the shore of Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Two fishermen got an up-close look at a great white shark Tuesday when their boat got close to a whale carcass. Matty Riley and Ken Roth were out lobstering in Cape Cod Bay around 11 a.m. when the shark approached their vessel. A video captured by Riley shows the close encounter.

Athletes from Quebramar Canoe Club were probably not expecting this when they jumped in the water.

It’s not America’s Top 40, but it’s a cutting edge song. Federal marine biologists for the first time have recorded singing by one of the rarest whales on the planet, the North Pacific right whale. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers used moored acoustic recorders to capture repeated patterns of calls made by male North Pacific right whales. It’s the...

Last week, many New Englanders were sad to hear about the death of Vector the whale. The female humpback, tracked by scientists for more than 30 years, was found lifeless in Cape Cod Bay..

Beachgoers flocked to Sandwich, Massachusetts Tuesday morning to capture a devastating sight – a deceased, overturned whale off Cape Cod. The beached whale was reported some time before 10:30 a.m. in East Sandwich, where the marine animal’s remnants could be seen on the sand.

WARNING: The contents in this video may be disturbing to some viewers. A deceased whale’s body was found off the shore of Sandwich, Massachusetts. It is unclear how the marine animal died and how it ended up on the shore.

Federal officials say last year was slightly worse than average for the entanglement of large whales, which is a major threat to the animals’ populations. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report Thursday on the subject. The agency says the number of cases nationally was 76, and that 70 entanglements involved live animals, while the rest were dead....

The carcass of a 54-foot fin whale that was known to researchers for more than 30 years has washed up on a Massachusetts beach.

The federal government is asking mariners to slow down off of Massachusetts to help protect a severely endangered species of large whale.

New England Aquarium officials are investigating after two whales washed up on Boston-area beaches on Friday morning.

Authorities say a humpback whale calf that was seen floating near the coast of Massachusetts has died.