Data collected can inform the designation of marine protected areas and boost ecotourism opportunities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers identified the growing amount of plastic pollution as the culprit behind the recent death of a ...

In deep, tropical offshore waters, there exists a whale that’s roughly the size of a dolphin. Sightings of it are extremely rare, and few people have captured it on film. Despite its small size, it ...

A rare baby whale was discovered on an Anglesey beach. The Pygmy whale was stranded alive on Trearddur Bay. Experts were called in to try to save its life but their strenuous efforts last week were ...

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 ...

Bystanders, including children, came to the rescue of a beached whale Friday afternoon in La Jolla. The pygmy sperm whale calf was spotted by several people attempting to beach itself near Scripps ...

A rare whale died off the coast of Honduras after ingesting a plastic bag in what’s been described as a “tragic event.” The marine mammal — a young pygmy sperm whale — was spotted in distress near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surviving at 3,000 feet requires a biological defense that relies on foul, pigmented secretions. Dark, inky clouds provide ...

A rare pygmy sperm whale stranded on a beach in Honduras after swallowing a plastic bag, according to a conservation group. Photo from Hector Emilio Gonzalez, UnSplash A rare whale died off the coast ...