Whale

Whale

Abdullah Gohar, a researcher at El Mansoura, university works on renovating the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown four-legged amphibious whale called "Phiomicetus Anubis", that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea, which were discovered in the Fayum Depression in the Western Desert of Egypt, near the town of El Mansoura, north of Cairo, Egypt August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Fossil of previously unknown four-legged whale found in Egypt

The newly discovered whale belongs to the Protocetidae, a group of extinct whales that falls in the middle of that transition, the Egyptian-led team of researchers said in a statement

Australian marine rescuers work to free a whale tangled in shark nets off Queensland's Gold Coast, Australia August 11, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Picture taken August 11, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Marine rescuers work to free whale caught in shark net on Gold Coast

A commercial lobster diver got caught in the mouth of a feeding humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod. Photograph: Julie Larsen Maher/Reuters

Humpback whale swallows and spits out diver

Rescue attempts are made as a small whale stranded in the River Thames is seen in this picture obtained from social media in London, Britain, May 9, 2021. DAVID KORSAKS @dkfitldn/via REUTERS

Minke whale calf refloated in London but 'life hangs in the balance'

Photo: TBS

Dead giant whale washed ashore in Himchhari

A sperm whale is seen swimming on the Indian Ocean surface during the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise expedition at the Saya de Malha Bank within the Mascarene plateau, Mauritius March 14, 2021. Picture taken with a drone March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Whale sightings aid quest to protect wildlife in Indian Ocean oasis

People trying to rescue the stranded whales. Photo : Reuters

More than dozen whales die after getting stranded on New Zealand beach

Rescuers have been trying to keep the stranded whales wet and cool. Photo: BILAL RASHID/REUTERS

Australia plans disposal of hundreds of stranded whale carcasses

Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4, 2018/ Reuters

How to calculate age of world's largest fish

Workers prepare to unload captured Minke whale after commercial whaling at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, July 1, 2019. Kyodo/via REUTERS

Ships set off in Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more than 30 years