Opus. It’s a musical term — meaning a set of compositions — that honors his father Beethoven and nods to the high-pitched songs that have led to these ...

The name is also a nod to whale’s father and the high-pitched songs that have led these mammals to be dubbed the “canaries of ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Fisherman Yoichi Ishigaki has such fond memories of a lone but sociable beluga whale he bonded with while battling cancer that he erected a memorial to his “friend” after ...

On Tuesday afternoon the American Canyon Parks Foundation was awarded the California Coastal Commission a two-year Whale Tail Grant for $49,917. The foundation is one of just 53 grantees selected ...

Beluga whales are sometimes called “canaries of the sea” due ... Their astonishing replication capabilities, coupled with their long, ornate tail feathers, make lyrebirds a spectacle in avian beauty ...

If they add graceful, charismatic and supple to the description, they are probably talking about a beluga whale. I remember being mesmerized as I watched two of these ghostlike leviathans swim ...

Their iconic look consists of a short tail, distinctive ear tufts ... tern sees two summers each year and more daylight than any other creature on Earth. Beluga Whales, known for their distinctive ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...

After existing efforts to save the aquatic animals, Australian authorities are euthanizing 90 beached whales stranded on a Tasmanian beach. During a press conference, Brendon Clark, an officer ...

This is the adorable moment a beluga whale plays with two children on their visit to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Guangdong, China on 17.

More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania. It is the third mass stranding in the last five years on the west coast of the Australian island. Officials said ...

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...