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A couple have spoken of their relief to be rescued after a sperm whale collided with their yacht.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

They can also be moved by whale trades.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The encounter, documented by researchers from Griffith University and Sea World Foundation, raises the possibility that humpback whale mothers may experience grief when a calf dies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

A whale shark was spotted between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Aru had finally solved the problem by imagining Vajra as flip-flops to be worn on her feet after they’d walked on that goopy whale tongue.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

The observation adds to the small number of documented cases involving deceased calves in baleen whales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Because these whales own so much of the world’s Bitcoin, their large buy and sell orders can drive sharp changes in the price.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"I've seen beaked whales in the Azores. I've seen them at the Bay of Biscay. I've never seen them around Ireland. They've never been recorded in this area. So how did it get here?"

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

An ocean teeming with sea life, from tiny coral polyps to massive whales to birds skimming the surface of the waves.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Numbers of these 16-foot-long marine mammals, hunted for their oil, meat, and baleen, had fallen to an estimated low of 1,200 animals in the North Pacific—a heavily whaled region—by the 1960s.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 28, 2023

Today’s blue whales find themselves in a whaled and warming ocean.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2020

Facing Erin's 7,800-plus yards but massively wide fairways—60 yards in some cases—players whaled away with impunity when typical winds failed to blow.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 4, 2018

In that bout, both men whaled away and scored two knockdowns apiece before Matthysse knocked out Molina in the 11th round.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2015

It seems pretty hard, after a fellow has had his life almost whaled out of him, to say he is sorry.

From Deerfoot in The Mountains by John Steeple Davis

According to a newspaper report from 1964, the original bones, donated by a Norwegian whaling company, were those of a whale killed in Antarctic waters.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

This includes for the animals living in these "chemosynthetic" communities, whose numbers had been thought to have been drastically reduced by human whaling, she added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Mentor had set sail from New Bedford, Mass., the whaling capital of the United States, in July 1831, with a complement of 21 men led by Capt. Edward Barnard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Reports of sperm whales using their heads to strike objects date back to open-boat whaling in the 19th century.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

But there were still miles to go before the safety of the whaling station.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong