The pygmy right whale looks like a miniature version of a baleen whale, hence the name “pygmy.” It’s the smallest of the filter-feeding whales, weighing in at just under 1,000 pounds.Rarely observed ...

Beaked whales, humpback whales, North Atlantic right whales, pilot whales and sperm whales — not the pygmy kind — all migrate along the Atlantic coast. Depending on the species, some go as far ...

In a paper by Ross et al. (1975) it was suggested that there may be an inshore movement of pygmy right whale juveniles in spring and summer along the Southern African coast, which may constitute ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A pygmy whale died after it became stranded on a beach in Jupiter on Friday morning. According to Loggerhead Marine Veterinarian and Chief Science Officer Heather Barron ...

Members of the marine mammal rescue group Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder walk with a Pygmy killer whale that was found stranded off the beach at Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys on ...

The whale showed evidence of infectious disease, Doshkov said. The Outer Banks strandings came days after the deaths of two humpback whales that washed up March 2 and 3 in Virginia Beach.

Beaked whales, humpback whales, North Atlantic right whales, pilot whales and sperm whales — not the pygmy kind — all migrate along the Atlantic coast. Depending on the species, some go as far ...