Chex Mix had been entangled in fishing gear for months during the summer, and after organizations weren't able to free the ...

One of the world’s busiest harbors became the scene of a dramatic rescue operation Friday after a young humpback whale was spotted with fishing gear tangled around its tail. Rescuers were first ...

Federal authorities said a humpback whale found tangled in a fishing line this week near Unalaska was freed on Friday. The roughly 32-foot 2-year-old male whale was first reported in distress Monday ...

It took a village to save a juvenile whale earlier this month, one that involved collaboration between people and agencies, and extended as far as a NOAA expert in Maui. That’s the story of “SEAK-5490 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) accounted for most of the large whale entanglements we recorded. Fishing gear such as nets and crab ... experts use specialised tools such as hooked knives on ...

Teams of sea rescuers and wildlife experts have successfully freed a whale that got caught in fishing nets near a popular Baltic Sea resort in Poland. WARSAW, Poland — Teams of sea rescuers and ...

When their backyard “white whale” makes a break for it, the crew launches a full-on rescue mission they call Shamu fishing. What follows is pure chaos, laughter, and an unbelievable catch you have to ...

PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Teams of sea rescuers and wildlife experts on Wednesday successfully freed a whale that got caught in fishing nets near a popular Baltic Sea resort in Poland. It took about an ...