In 2016, a dead fin whale showed up in Seward on the bow of a cruise ship. In the summer of the same year, a 60-foot fin ...

Leaving the carcass on a Fife beach was considered the least disruptive option - but some locals have complained.

The second largest animal on earth is a bit of an enigma to scientists. Fin whales don't have ostentatious jumps or enormous ...

An unusual whale has been spotted off the coast of Spain, and the shape of its body has intrigued scientists. Initially, they ...

Veterinary pathologist James Barnett said further testing would be needed to confirm the cause of death A 16m (52ft) fin whale found dead on a Cornish beach is likely to have died of a measles ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a ...

Japan’s Fisheries Agency has proposed expanding commercial whaling along the country’s coast to fin whales, a larger species than the three currently permitted. The proposal comes five years ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent ...

Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.

An endangered fin whale died on a California beach this month — and the orcas would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling marine biologists. The marine murder mystery was ...

The Fisheries Agency currently permits the hunting of minke, Bryde’s and sei whales in commercial whaling. Tokoro expects that the agency’s plan to add fin whales to the list will help improve ...