The drones carry Petri dishes and hover over the blowholes of northern whales. Droplets of their respiratory fluid land on ...

Norway and Japan's DNA registers designed to prevent illegally caught whales slipping onto the legal market are not yet verified as completely reliable and comprehensive, according to WWF, the ...

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Washington, DC—Documents obtained by the Washington, DC-based Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) reveal that a Norwegian whaling company, Lofothval, has sought permission to ship up to 22,000 pounds (10 ...

Havldimir quickly became a celebrity in Norway, swimming his way into their Nordic hearts. But this beluga whale's odd story started in 2019 when he was discovered in northern Norway near the island ...

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas.

There's no evidence that a well-known beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy was shot to death last month as claimed by animal rights ...

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A deadly pathogen known as cetacean morbillivirus has been detected in Arctic waters for the first time. Researchers found it ...

In this photo taken in April 2019, a beluga whale found in Arctic Norway swims next to a vessel. Norwegian authorities say that a beluga whale first spotted in Arctic Norway in 2019 with an apparent ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark >> Norwegian authorities said Tuesday that a beluga whale, which was first spotted in Arctic Norway four years ago with an apparent Russian-made harness and alleged to have come ...