Note: This article may contain content that is distressing to some. An endangered fin whale washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska attracting dozens of curious observers as wildlife biologists ...

Entanglement rates were similar in another ocean giant, the fin whale. Whales can suffocate or starve after getting tied up in fishing gear. An estimated 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises a ...

An image showing the fin that experts say is evidence that this is a blue whale Genetic material from a large whale killed off the coast of Iceland has confirmed the creature was a rare hybrid.