A pilot whale, one presumes, could summer wherever it wants. For five days in August 1993, a sickly wayward whale trekked Long Island Sound from New Rochelle to Milton Harbor in Rye, delighting ...

Short-finned pilot whales can dive 5,000 feet under the surface to forage for squid. “These animals have been studied in locations around the world, but relatively little is known about them in ...

HOBART, Australia -- Around 200 whales have died and just 35 remain alive following a mass stranding in Australia this week, rescue teams say. The pilot whales were found Wednesday stranded on an ...

How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to survive and are there sufficient squid to sustain the population? Knowing ...

A study by the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (Smass) has revealed a dramatic rise in marine mammal strandings along Scotland’s coasts. More than 5,100 stranded ocean ...

Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western Australia Tuesday, and about half had died by Wednesday morning, despite the efforts of wildlife experts and volunteers to save them.

An adult pilot whale needs about 142 squid a day to meet its energy requirements, according to a new University of Hawaii study. Hawaii’s population of pilot whales is unique because they do not ...

At least 29 pilot whales are dead following a mass stranding on New Zealand’s South Island, according to the country’s Department of Conservation. “It is a sad morning following the stranding of 34 ...

ST. SIMONS, Ga. — UPDATE: We've learned that 47 whales beached themselves at St. Simons Island. Dozens of pilot whales beached themselves at St. Simons Island Tuesday evening, according to the Georgia ...

A pod of 90 pilot whales have beached themselves at the top of New Zealand's South island, in the same area where seven whales died in a mass stranding earlier this month, according to officials.

Pilot whales don't typically summer in Rye's Milton Harbor. Until one did. A pilot whale, one presumes, could summer wherever it wants. For five days in August 1993, a sickly wayward whale trekked ...