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A live, pygmy sperm whale calf was reported stranded on the beach in Emerald Isle Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2025. This whale was a ...

A live Pygmy sperm whale calf was found stranded on Emerald Isle last week and later died. The NC State Center for Marine ...

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WITN) - A sad discovery at Emerald Isle this week as a live Pygmy sperm whale calf stranded itself and ...

A necropsy is planned on a pygmy sperm whale calf that stranded alive but died on the beach in Emerald Isle last Wednesday.

“Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic, deep diving, squid eaters and are rarely seen at sea because they spend little time at the surface,” the center reported in an April 25 Facebook post.

A gang of more than 60 orcas brutally attacked and killed a 59-foot-long (18 meters) pygmy blue whale, leaving a nearby whalewatching tour shocked, new video footage shows. The dramatic incident ...

Tourists and researchers witnessed a pod of orcas hunt and kill an endangered pygmy blue whale ... predators including sharks, pilot whales, beaked whales, and the highly intelligent orcas.