Blue Whale

• 25-metre endangered blue whale washes ashore on beach south of Halifax

  The whale was adrift late Wednesday before the animal washed ashore at Crystal Crescent Beach early Thursday.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2021
  
• DFO confirms second endangered blue found dead in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The blue whale carcass was reported to the department Sept. 7 by a cargo ship and confirmed by Transport Canada and Fisheries Department aircraft about 110 kilometres north of Gaspesie.

  Environment

  Oct 1, 2019
  
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• Feds not planning study of endangered blue whale found dead in Cape Breton

  The body of the endangered mammal was spotted last week at Sutherland's Cove, about six kilometres north of Port Hawkesbury, N.S.

  Environment

  Sep 25, 2019
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• Carcass of young, endangered blue whale found on Cape Breton beach

  The Marine Animal Response Society, a Halifax-based non-profit, says the carcass was spotted last week at Sutherland's Cove, about six kilometres north of Port Hawkesbury, N.S.

  Environment

  Sep 24, 2019
• Anti-whalers say Icelandic hunters killed protected blue whale

  The whalers said the whale was a cross between a fin and a blue whale, but experts have said the pictures show a juvenile blue whale.

  Environment

  Jul 13, 2018
• Visitors to the ROM will soon be able to see the world’s largest mammal

  The largest mammal to ever live on earth will soon be on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.

  Education

  Mar 1, 2017
• How carving up Newfoundland’s dead whales is helping science

  Meet Mark Engstrom, the researcher who led the gruesome task of carving up two dead whales on the shores of Newfoundland, all in the name of science.

  Environment

  Jun 12, 2014