A dead minke whale washed up at Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry on Sunday evening.

Even though this practice has been banned in most countries, some whale species still have very small populations and are considered vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. Cuvier's ...

Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale ...