And finally, dancing above it all—and at times drowned out by it—are the soaring vocalizations of whales. “Here, we have sperm whales clicking, pilot whales, and seismic airguns,” Vester says.

A cruise line has apologized to its passengers after one of their ships arrived in the middle of a whale hunt where dozens of the animals were being slaughtered.

Dozens of long-finned pilot whales have beached and died on Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, in the biggest mass stranding the country has seen since 1995.

On June 23, 2022, a juvenile pilot whale was observed within a pod of orcas. The pilot whale was “of very small size and with visible fetal folds,” write the authors of a recent paper ...

Researchers have recorded an orca swimming with a pilot whale calf in a possible interspecies adoption, but how the two came together is a mystery.

The tame beluga had been nicknamed "Hvaldimir," combining the Norwegian word for whale - hval - and the first name of Russia's president.

Pilot whales are also a protected species in the EU. "We are utterly opposed to the commercial hunting of whales and dolphins in the Faroes," said Ambassador Cruise Line.

Hvaldimir, a white beluga whale that was rumored to be a Russian spy, has been found dead in waters off Norway.

A pod of nearly 100 pilot whales displayed unusual behavior before beaching themselves in Australia. More than 50 died, and the rest were later euthanized.

For the first time, a team of whale experts have recorded an orca caring for the offspring of another species, a long-finned pilot whale infant. With their iconic black and white markings, orcas ...

Ambassador Cruise Lines has issued an apology to passengers after one of its ships docked in the Faroe Islands, where dozens of pilot whales were being slaughtered. The luxury cruise line shared ...

Conservationists were among the cruise passengers who witnessed the slaughter of 78 pilot whales. Ambassador Cruise Lines apologized after it docked during a whale hunt in the Faroe Islands ...