Minke whales, considered the smallest of the great, or baleen, whale family, can grow up to 26 feet long and weigh up to 14,000 pounds, according to NOAA.

Humpback and minke whales are making their annual rounds near the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador, and one town on ...

“Bob the Minke Whale,” as the 25-foot-long creature has been dubbed, was first spotted on March 31, near the Harbor Breeze charter boats and the Aquarium of Long Beach. The second day, it ...

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A dead minke whale washed up along the Ventura County coast last week, but the tides kept a team from examining the young ...

MARTHA'S VINEYARD (CBS)-- A 15-foot minke whale was rescued 40 miles south of Martha's Vineyard Sunday after being entangled in fishing gear for three days. The Center for Coastal Studies' Marine ...

It showed that the Antarctic minke whale, reaching a maximum of about 26 feet (8 meters) long, has the smallest possible body size to capture enough prey to survive using this feeding strategy.

“These are two very different species,” he said. “The going theory is that … the factors involved are suspected to be quite different.” Whereas sightings of minke whales are exceedingly rare in the ...

Efforts to save a minke whale found stranded on the coast of Massachusetts have failed and the marine mammal has been euthanized. The International Fund for Animal Welfare said the whale was too ...

“Bob the Minke Whale,” as the 25-foot-long creature has been dubbed, was first spotted on March 31, near the Harbor Breeze charter boats and the Aquarium of Long Beach. The second day, it ...