The 25-foot whale doesn’t seem sick or injured, but the hope is that the whale can soon find its way out to sea.

Marine experts removed booms near the entrance of Long Beach Harbor to provide a broader opening for the whale and made ...

A “rare” sea creature sighting was captured off the coast of California. During whale watching trips on Jan. 2, onlookers saw a fin whale and a minke whale, which are “rare sightings for this time of ...

A single minke whale has been lingering in the Catalina Landing in downtown Long Beach for several days, and wildlife experts are monitoring it to help it find its way back to open water.

Update: No commercial whaling for fin whales—a threatened species—occurred in Iceland in 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2022, the Hvalur whaling company resumed activities, and 148 fin whales were killed.

Officials said 30 of the whales — half of the quota of 60 — were caught this season. Japan set a combined catch quota of 379 for the three other whale species — minke, Bryde’s and sei whales.