A huge shark bit the head off a stranded pygmy sperm whale in New Zealand as a person standing in waist-high water attempted to get the whale back out to sea. The shark, likely a great white ...

Jan 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2023 SALISBURY — A pygmy sperm whale stranded at Salisbury Beach State Reservation was able to refloat on its own after at least a few hours in distress.

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the animal.

A shark has leapt from the water and bit off the head of a stranded whale in New Zealand while a beachgoer was trying to send it back out to sea. A mother pygmy sperm whale and its calf stranded ...

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

In separate incidents, 10 pygmy whales and a sperm whale were also beached in New Zealand over the weekend. The two pods of pilot whales were beached about 2km apart from each other on a beach on ...

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...