Nearly a week after 51 pilot whales were found stranded in Everglades National Park, 22 have died and 29 remain unaccounted for, a NOAA Fisheries official said Monday. A team that included two ...

A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and stranded just off a beach in the island chain on Sunday, a local marine mammal ...

Marine mammal scientists are investigating the cause of death of a rarely seen whale found in the shallow waters of the Florida Keys. Bystanders saw the animal struggling in about two to three feet of ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. — A group of friends fishing for swordfish in the Florida Keys encountered much larger sea creatures -- a pod of killer whales. Mike Slaughter said his group was fishing about 18 to 20 ...

In May, a 47-foot-long adult male sperm whale beached itself in the Florida Keys. The magnificent animal, which typically lives in deeper water offshore, was emaciated. After stranding in the shallow ...

CUDJOE KEY, Fla. -- Rescuers workers treated and secured several pilot whales Friday that have been stranded off the lower Florida Keys. Rescuers gathered eight of the stranded whales in a temporary ...

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, endangered orcas from the J pod swim in Puget Sound west of Seattle, as seen from a federal research vessel that had been tracking the whales. An aquarium and ...