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A dead minke whale that washed ashore in a Massachusetts town smells so horrible that authorities plan to cart it to a landfill.

Humpback whales hunt by taking big lunges at groups of fish, so the encounter was likely a fluke.

Cutting-edge technology is helping researchers collect and analyze whale communication.

Scientists using sound recordings from underwater nuclear bomb detectors have discovered the distinct song of a previously unknown population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean.

Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed a group of transient orcas attacking a humpback mother and calf in a rare encounter between the two species. But what really happened?

The injured baby whale slipped free from rescuers on Monday morning, and became stranded again after swimming upstream into shallower waters.

Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.

A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.

A juvenile humpback whale has washed up on a beach in the U.K. after first being spotted dead weeks ago.

The discovery has implications for our understanding of whale culture.