Critics often point to disturbing images of the hunts, which take place in shallow bays where whales are herded and killed ...

More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast have returned to sea while 31 died on the shore, according to a researcher. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

Over 60 pilot whales have been butchered alive in the Faroe Islands' first whale slaughter of the season. The whaling season in the Faroe Islands begins in the summer months and is a tradition ...

Stock image: a long-finned pilot whale and its calf. Female pilot whales can help each other to raise the young in the pod. iStock / Getty Images Plus ...

A pod of more than 50 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a northwestern Scottish island, according to a marine charity on the ground.. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), which ...

Long-finned pilot whales, which are technically a species of dolphin, are a medium-sized marine mammal that dwells in the North Atlantic, known for their bulbous head and sickle-shaped flippers ...

Orcas, often considered the apex predators of the ocean, are known to fear pilot whales,one of the ocean's most unexpected rivalries. This fascinating behavior raises the question: Why would these ...

Then, almost a year later, on June 20, 2023, a pilot whale calf was again spotted within a group of orcas. As before, this group of orcas was known to the team as herring specialists.

Pilot whales are essentially large dolphins, and can grow to 24 feet in length and weigh 6,600 pounds. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Mr. George said they were still investigating why the ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. For the first time, a team of whale experts have recorded an orca caring for the offspring of another species, a long-finned pilot whale infant.

WELLFLEET, Mass., July 30 -- Forty-five pilot whales died today in what marine experts said was the largest beaching of the creatures on Cape Cod in more than a decade.

A stranded long-finned pilot whale was euthanized in Sea Bright after attempts to return it to the ocean failed. The whale, a 15-foot male, was found stranded in the surf and deemed too weak to ...