Mass whale strandings have occurred throughout recorded modern history, and likely earlier.

It also called for a ban on hunting of threatened whale species.

Dimon fought through the London whale fiasco and a personal health setback.

You've done a whale of a good job; you've learned like magic.

The whale-boat with passengers for the shore; Wild at the steering oar

Environmentalists have said the South Atlantic is crucial to preserving whale diversity.

The sighting last year was the first of the whale outside Australia.

For years and years they never saw a whale in the Strait.

Novel one arrived: Having whale of a time, still little money left.

Mortality from hunting, however, may be the least of the whale's worries.

It made him feel young and unimportant, a fish inside a whale.

Everything from Minke whale to sea urchins passes across its slippery floors.

Naturalists understood the relevance of these features to whale evolution long ago.

While departing the scene, the whale could be seen breaching, he said.

But then no amount of experience would have prevented the whale attack.

The multiplication of finger joints in the whale is a striking feature.