The bodies of two male melon-headed whales were found 50 miles apart along the southeastern coast of the United States.

Earlier in May, a rare pygmy killer whale was found beached ashore near Narippaiyur village in Ramanathapuram range. Pygmy killer whale is an endangered species protected under Schedule 1 of the ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, along with veterinarians and volunteers, responded to two adult pygmy killer whales stranded onshore at Sugar Beach in Kihei on Tuesday ...

Staff and volunteers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tend to a pair of stranded pygmy killer whales at Sugar Beach on the morning of Sept. 24. AIMEE LEMIEUX photo (NOAA ...

SAND KEY, Fla. (AP) — Biologists worked Wednesday to help two pygmy killer whales that had been found distressed in shallow waters on Florida's Gulf Coast. Mote Marine Laboratory spokeswoman ...

Risso’s dolphins are closely related to pilot whales, pygmy killer whales, melon-headed whales, and false killer whales.