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Terrifying sea monster 'hafgufa' described in medieval Norse manuscripts is actually a whale
Scientists in Australia think that a sea monster in 13th-century Norse manuscripts was actually an accurate description of a whale using trap feeding.
Extremely rare gray whale birth captured on camera, possibly for the first time
A lucky group of whale watchers recently watched a gray whale calf being birthed off the coast of California. It could be the first time that this incredible phenomenon has ever been caught on camera.
Weird 'alien' sacks wash up on UK beach, most likely a whale's stomach
A dog-walker recently stumbled across a bizarre, white "fleshy lump" on a beach in Cornwall, England. Experts think that the unusual object is actually part of a whale's stomach.
Whale sighting in Australia hints at 'extremely unusual' interspecies adoption
An adult southern right whale was recently spotted swimming alongside a humpback whale calf. Experts think the larger whale may have adopted the juvenile after it lost its real mother.
A blue whale's daily intake of microplastics weighs as much as a small person
Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.
Newfound whale species that lives exclusively in US waters may already be on the brink of extinction
A group of more than 100 international researchers has signed an open letter to the Biden administration calling for urgent action to save Rice's whale from extinction.
A Parasite Spread by Cat Poop Is Infecting (and Probably Killing) Whales in Canada
Fifteen of 34 dead beluga whales tested positive for a potentially lethal cat-poop parasite.
230 pilot whales beached in Tasmania — exactly 2 years after the area's last mass stranding
Two mass strandings have occurred in the same region of Tasmania.
