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![A 37-foot (11.3 meter) subadult male was discovered floating in Berkeley Marina on April 6 and was towed away by boat.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dh6HjuBrVpX4tD9cmjdyoH-320-80.jpeg)
Experts worried after 4 dead gray whales wash up around San Francisco
By Harry Baker published
Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.
![Up to 70 orcas attacked and killed a lone blue whale Down Under.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3Ds7JaPLgKkJ4ve5Z5z4ya-320-80.jpg)
'Chaos of clicks and sounds from below' as 70 orcas kill blue whale
By Laura Geggel published
A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.
![This humpback whale washed up dead on the beach at Blyth in Northumberland, shown here on March 19, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hi4hKM2stqT9B5zzqcDnXU-320-80.jpg)
Dead juvenile humpback whale washes up on UK beach
By Harry Baker published
A juvenile humpback whale has washed up on a beach in the U.K. after first being spotted dead weeks ago.
![Pod of sperm whales swimming off the coast of São Miguel Azores.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BqNcqRM6c6FUbqDP2L7QvS-320-80.jpg)
Sperm whales outwitted 19th-century whalers by sharing evasive tactics
By Ben Turner published
The discovery has implications for our understanding of whale culture.
![The female sperm whale was as long as an 18-wheeler, or 52 feet (16 meters) in length.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dt7S9wLLUJdy6dzofjcgXe-320-80.jpg)
Beached sperm whale in Australia shows scars from tussle with a giant squid
By Laura Geggel published
A dead sperm whale measuring 52 feet (16 meters) long is rotting away on a beach in southern Australia.
![Several long-finned pilot whales swimming underwater](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8554fTMGuFqrjaGXZzPvb-320-80.jpg)
40 beached whales 'refloated' in New Zealand
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Some conservationists are worried that the whales might get stuck on shore again, though.
![A humpback whale survived a 4-hour attack by pods of orca.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mJMzMk52mgh4Xqi8fFJYUP-320-80.jpg)
Humpback whale survives 4-hour attack by gang of orcas
By Stephanie Pappas published
Whale watchers in Bermer Bay, Australia witnessed two pods of killer whales trying and failing to kill a young male humpback.
![A photograph of the whale calf believed to have been killed, taken while it was still alive with its mother.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BRWeQGrcFUo3Y6j3qqxez5-320-80.jpg)
Critically endangered baby whale washes up dead on Florida coast
By Patrick Pester published
An endangered whale calf has been found dead on a beach in Florida with signs it was hit by a boat. Fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales are left on Earth.
![Scientific visualization of a blue whale’s movements in an area with a high level of boat traffic. The blue shape is a whale trying to feed while avoiding vessels in the Gulf of Ancud near Chile.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UrZE4CGqpF5Vga4bNXcmNR-320-80.gif)
Stressful animation shows blue whale dodging hundreds of ships while trying to feed
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently animated the hazards of being a blue whale that's trying to avoid collisions with ships at sea.
![This 38-foot-long (11.5 meters) baleen whale stranded off Florida in 2019. The adult male is now considered part of a completely new, and endangered, species called Rice's whale.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fRrtoApHdJYsqmLzEKVF7T-320-80.jpg)
Whale that stranded off Florida is completely new species (and already endangered)
By Chris Ciaccia published
A 38-foot-long (11.5 meters) whale that washed ashore in the Florida Everglades in January 2019 turns out to be a completely new species. And it's already considered endangered, scientists say.
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