Whale

A commercial lobster diver got caught in the mouth of a feeding humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod. Photograph: Julie Larsen Maher/Reuters
Offbeat

Humpback whale swallows and spits out diver

The whale then emerged from the water, shook its head, and spat him out. He was later rescued by his crewmate in the surface boat

Rescue attempts are made as a small whale stranded in the River Thames is seen in this picture obtained from social media in London, Britain, May 9, 2021. DAVID KORSAKS @dkfitldn/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Minke whale calf refloated in London but 'life hangs in the balance'

Photo: TBS
Environment

Dead giant whale washed ashore in Himchhari

A sperm whale is seen swimming on the Indian Ocean surface during the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise expedition at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre
Environment

Whale sightings aid quest to protect wildlife in Indian Ocean oasis

People trying to rescue the stranded whales. Photo : Reuters
Environment

More than dozen whales die after getting stranded on New Zealand beach

Rescuers have been trying to keep the stranded whales wet and cool. Photo: BILAL RASHID/REUTERS
World+Biz

Australia plans disposal of hundreds of stranded whale carcasses

Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4, 2018/ Reuters
Science

How to calculate age of world's largest fish

Workers prepare to unload captured Minke whale after commercial whaling at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, July 1, 2019. Kyodo/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Ships set off in Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more than 30 years