Sixty orcas were filmed killing a 59-foot pygmy blue whale in Bremer Canyon off the coast of Western Australia on April 7. The brutal footage shows the pod of killer whales living up to their name, ...

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Scientists have sighted what could be the youngest pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) ever seen in Australian waters. The calf was photographed by spotter pilot Tiffany Klein who was ...

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An endangered whale is swimming freely after locals stepped in to help. Somehow a juvenile pygmy blue whale wedged itself underneath a privately owned pier in New Zealand. It took a rescue crew ...

Scientists in Indonesia have tagged a pygmy blue whale for the first time using a drone. Data from the tag revealed a previously unknown path used by the species on its southern migration from ...

A pygmy blue whale was rescued after it became wedged underneath a wharf in New Zealand, officials said. Photo from the Department of Conservation A young pygmy blue whale was recently rescued after ...

Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24-30 metres in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there ...

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The first-ever footage of a blue whale calf suckling, filmed by a snorkeller in East Timor in South-East Asia, has been released. “It is certainly not a newborn calf,” says Karen Edyvane at the ...