Dwarf minke whales off the Great Barrier Reef were recorded making sounds resembling ‘the swoosh of a Star Wars lightsabre’.

Alameda County firefighters spray water on a beached juvenile minke whale to keep it comfortable in Emeryville, Calif., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) ...

Extraordinary footage has captured the distinctive call of the elusive Dwarf Minke Whale at the Great Barrier Reef. The ...

A rare minke whale was euthanized on Tuesday, April 8, after getting stuck in shallow waters near the Emeryville Marina in California's San Francisco Bay. This comes after three other gray whales ...

A minke whale has apparently been spotted feeding off the shore by fishing crews in Cornwall. Company Mermaid Pleasure Trips ...

Rulli said minke whales are rare in the area, and the mammal center has spotted only five since 2009. The whale may have come into the San Francisco Bay looking for food, Rulli explained, but ...

A minke whale that spent the last week swimming in Long Beach Harbor despite efforts by marine wildlife experts to reroute it back to deeper waters died this weekend, officials confirmed.

Minke whales are considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, and can grow to more than 26 feet long and weigh as much as 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA.

Minke whale drawing crowds to Long Beach Harbor dies 02:31. A wayward minke whale that had captivated onlookers for days in Long Beach has died. The 24-foot long whale, likely in its teens, washed ...

A rare minke whale that was spotted in the waters of San Francisco Bay was humanely euthanized on April 8, 2025 after local wildlife officials determined the mammal had little chance of survival ...

Iceland will not be hunting fin whales this summer, following a decision by Hvalur hf., the only company in the country ...