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‘Souvenir hunters’ may have removed body parts from stranded whales

Souvenir hunters may have been responsible for the removal of parts of the jaws of two sperm whales washed up on the Donegal coast last week. The female whales were washed up at Maghery in west Donegal and at Malin Head last Wednesday. Photographs ...

24 Feb 2022 at 11:33

Donegal News

‘Souvenir hunters’ may have removed body parts from stranded whales

24 Feb 2022 at 11:33

World

Divers bid to recue young whale stranded in shallow water off Athens

Divers, vets and the coastguard are mounting a rescue operation to help an injured whale calf trapped in shallow water in a seaside area of the Greek capital. The animal is a young Cuvier’s beaked whale, or Ziphius cavirostris, ...

28 Jan 2022 at 12:25

World

Vessels must slow down to save whale species from extinction, US rules say

Vessels off the East Coast of the US must slow down more often to help save a vanishing species of whale from extinction, the federal government said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made the ...

29 Jul 2022 at 17:57

World

Rescuers to move whale stranded in French river to saltwater

French environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River last week to a saltwater river basin to try to save its life. The mammal, measuring four metres (13ft), will ...

09 Aug 2022 at 13:46

Scotland

Unique footage of pilot whale expelling placenta captured off Shetland

Unique footage of a pilot whale expelling its placenta off the coast of Shetland in 2019 has been revealed for the first time. The footage, taken by drone operator Nick McCaffrey, shows the animal in the Yell Sound ...

04 Apr 2023 at 00:01

World

Battle to save weakened whale lost in the Seine

French environmentalists were hoping to feed a catch of herring to a worryingly thin Beluga whale that has strayed far from its Arctic habitat into France’s Seine River. They fear that the ethereal white mammal is ...

05 Aug 2022 at 18:04

Dead minke whale washes up on Scottish beach

A dead minke whale has washed up on a beach in Scotland. The female was first spotted in North Berwick on Wednesday and is 31ft (9.5m) long, according to East Lothian Council. Unfortunately a dead Minke whale has ...

20 Apr 2023 at 13:36

Local News

Successful refloating of two dolphins stranded on sandbar in Sheephaven Bay

Two common dolphins which live-stranded on a sandbar in Sheephaven Bay were safely cared for and relocated to open water. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has thanked everyone involved for their role in ...

24 Aug 2023 at 17:33

World

New Zealanders help to save 30 whales after a pod strands on a beach

More than 30 pilot whales stranded on a beach in New Zealand have been safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. Four of the pilot ...

25 Nov 2024 at 05:27

Local News

Extremely rare white humpback whale could be spotted off Donegal

A very unusual whale and calf have been spotted in the Atlantic, and their migration route could see them pass close to Donegal. Whale watchers, wildlife enthusiasts and fishermen are encouraged to keep an ...

17 Apr 2022 at 15:33

Local News

Glencolmcille whale - plans in place to remove the whale from An Tra Mhór

The 13.5 metre sperm whale which washed ashore at An Tra Mhór in Glencolmcille has been attracting much attention, but it is unlikely that its cause of death will determined People are travelling from far ...

26 Mar 2024 at 17:33

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