Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill. Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote ...

PLYMOUTH — A dead minke whale washed ashore in Plymouth over the weekend, marking the second such incident on the South Shore in the past five weeks. The nonprofit organization Whale and Dolphin ...

A rare juvenile minke whale that had repeatedly been seen stranded in the San Francisco Bay was euthanized Tuesday after officials determined the mammal had little chance for survival. The stranded ...

Whale watchers aboard a boat off the coast of California recently caught a few glimpses of the special species considered to be the Houdini of the whale kingdom. On Aug. 4, two minke whales were ...

EMERYVILLE — A juvenile whale who beached itself several times since it was first spotted in the San Francisco Bay last week was euthanized Tuesday after a team from the Marine Mammal Center ...

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EMERYVILLE, California (KGO) — A rare juvenile minke whale that became stranded in an offshore mudflat in Emeryville on Tuesday had to be humanely euthanized after officials determined the “animal was ...