Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

A single minke whale has spent several days lingering in the Catalina Landing in downtown Long Beach, and wildlife experts are continuing to monitor it in hopes that it can find its way back to open ...

Whale expert Alisa Schulman-Janiger’s camera clicked away as the fin of a minke whale breached the water’s surface, she just standing feet away. It was a rare occurrence for her, she usually spies ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–When Jason Gedamke and Daniel Costa first went to Australia to record the sounds of dwarf minke whales, people told them they were wasting their time. There were very few reports of ...

A distressed whale beached at the Jersey Shore on Tuesday afternoon was euthanized after marine biologists determined it was in too poor of a condition to be returned to the water. The minke whale was ...

LOWER TWP, N.J. (WPVI) -- An 18-foot whale that washed up along the Delaware Bay in Lower Township, New Jersey, has been euthanized, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. Officials ...

What appears to be a rare visit by a minke whale to the San Francisco Bay has become fraught with danger as the animal got stranded Tuesday on a shallow mudflat in Emeryville. Experts with the ...

Japan's Fisheries Agency announced on Nov. 22 that it will adjust its 2025 commercial whaling quotas, raising the minke whale catch limit from 25 to 56 while reducing the Bryde's whale quota from 187 ...