A Ketchikan fisherman has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing an endangered sperm whale in a first-of-its-kind case that highlights a long, little known conflict between the giant toothed ...

A whale entangled in fishing gear was recently cut free by rescuers during a multiday operation off the coast of South Africa, video footage shows. The animal—a juvenile southern right whale—was first ...

Animal rescuers said they braved rough seas and powerful winds to free a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Australia during what they described as one of the season’s more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species with about 370 individuals, have been spotted entangled in ...

The number of whales getting tangled up in fishing nets, line, buoys and other miscellaneous rope off the coasts of the United States hit a record high in 2024, with California taking the ignominious ...

An entangled right whale, measuring about 30 feet, was recently rescued off the coast of South Africa, according to a nonprofit. Google Street View © September 2017 ...