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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.

A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.

A juvenile humpback whale has washed up on a beach in the U.K. after first being spotted dead weeks ago.

The discovery has implications for our understanding of whale culture.

A dead sperm whale measuring 52 feet (16 meters) long is rotting away on a beach in southern Australia.

Some conservationists are worried that the whales might get stuck on shore again, though.

Whale watchers in Bermer Bay, Australia witnessed two pods of killer whales trying and failing to kill a young male humpback.

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.

Scientists recently animated the hazards of being a blue whale that's trying to avoid collisions with ships at sea.

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.