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A minke whale carcass was spotted in the St. Lawrence River about 45 kilometres northeast of Montreal Thursday afternoon. Teams have been dispatched to the scene with two tasks: secure the carcass, and determine whether it belonged to one of the two whales spotted in Montreal earlier in May. >> read more …

Volunteers from the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network (RQUMM) interrupted their research on Île Sainte-Hélène on Monday, after two days without sighting the minke whales that had settled in Montreal. >> read more …

For the first time in more than a century, there are two whales in the waters off Montreal. A second whale was spotted at around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the St. Lawrence River near the Maisonneuve neighbourhood. >> read more …

A marine mammal research group is keeping a close eye on a wayward minke whale that made its way to the Montreal area over the weekend, raising concerns about its safety. The whale was first spotted on Sunday afternoon between Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame. >> read more …

Het walviskadaver dat eind 2020 op Rottumerplaat is aangespoeld, blijkt een biologische goudmijn: er zijn 21 nieuwe keversoorten gevonden. De beestjes bleken onder meer gespecialiseerd in het verorberen van huid en botten. >> lees verder …

Drone footage of a minke whale feeding 1km off Cloghna Head on Thursday evening. This was filmed by Dan Lettice, who can be found on Twitter @intothewild45. >> Take a look …

A stranded Minke whale found at Gorleston was suffering from a painful spinal infection which would have limited its movement and made survival impossible, a postmortem has shown. >> read more …

A young Minke whale beached at Gorleston has been put down. The outcome came after a multi-agency effort to save the animal  on Monday night, April 4, after it had become separated from its mother. >> read more …