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Heartbreaking footage shows whale with severely broken back struggling to swim
By Harry Baker published
A fin whale with a deformed spine was recently spotted struggling to swim off the coast of Spain. Its back was likely broken during a vessel strike, experts say.

Watch footage of 1,000 baleen whales in record-breaking feeding frenzy in Antarctica
By Harry Baker published
Cruise ship passengers near Antarctica witnessed the massive group, which mainly consisted of fin whales, feeding on an overabundance of krill in 2022.

Terrifying sea monster 'hafgufa' described in medieval Norse manuscripts is actually a whale
By Sascha Pare published
Scientists in Australia think that a sea monster in 13th-century Norse manuscripts was actually an accurate description of a whale using trap feeding.

Extremely rare gray whale birth captured on camera, possibly for the first time
By Harry Baker published
A lucky group of whale watchers recently watched a gray whale calf being birthed off the coast of California. It could be the first time that this incredible phenomenon has ever been caught on camera.

Weird 'alien' sacks wash up on UK beach, most likely a whale's stomach
By Harry Baker published
A dog-walker recently stumbled across a bizarre, white "fleshy lump" on a beach in Cornwall, England. Experts think that the unusual object is actually part of a whale's stomach.

Whale sighting in Australia hints at 'extremely unusual' interspecies adoption
By Harry Baker last updated
An adult southern right whale was recently spotted swimming alongside a humpback whale calf. Experts think the larger whale may have adopted the juvenile after it lost its real mother.

A blue whale's daily intake of microplastics weighs as much as a small person
By Harry Baker published
Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.

Newfound whale species that lives exclusively in US waters may already be on the brink of extinction
By Harry Baker published
A group of more than 100 international researchers has signed an open letter to the Biden administration calling for urgent action to save Rice's whale from extinction.
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