A landmark study published in 2023 sequenced the genome of the rarely seen pygmy right whale, the smallest of the living ...

After consulting with federal authorities, rescuers decided the most humane course of action was to euthanize the whale.

The pygmy whale is the only species that makes its home in the ocean off of South Carolina year round. Beaked whales, humpback whales, North Atlantic right whales, pilot whales and sperm whales ...

Baleen whales are the largest animals on this planet, ranging from the 3,500kg pygmy right whale to the 190,000kg blue whale. Their body mass is central to their success as an animal group.

“We are kind of sitting up and scratching our heads right now, going, ‘Is this going to be a continuous thing?’ We hope not.” Shown is one of two pygmy killer whales that beached itself at ...

It isn’t completely uncommon along the East Coast. The most recent whale death before this happened in August when a pygmy sperm whale washed up on the Outer Banks. It was found emaciated in ...

Jan 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022 Updated Feb 17, 2023 SALISBURY — A pygmy sperm whale stranded at Salisbury Beach State Reservation was able to refloat on its own after at least a few hours in distress.

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...

A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and stranded just off a beach in the island chain on Sunday, a local marine mammal ...