Japan pension whale GPIF reaps record $150bn in mainly AI-driven gains
Finance Fund snags 8.2% return on mix of domestic and international stocks and bonds The Government Pension Investment…
Sperm Whales Use Bubbles as Ballast To Do Their Bizarre Vertical Rest
Schematic image showing sperm whales using bubbles while resting. Image purely for illustrative purposes. In one of the…
Japan wants pension whale GPIF to dive deeper into alternative investments
Finance Government strategy to call on fund to use more of its 5% allocation Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund…
Rare humpback whale calf, believed to be a leucistic, spotted off NSW and Queensland coast
A rare mostly white humpback whale calf, thought to be one of only a dozen in the Southern…
Iceland resumes whale hunting after two-year hiatus amid protest
The International Whaling Commission banned the commercial killing of whales in 1986 amid alarm at the declining stock…
Unlikely Kin documentary: Rotorua’s Mike Jonathan and Kim Webby bring whale-stranding ritual to screen
“A lot of the public sometimes get offended by what’s happening … ” The Haka Boy Films founder…
Scientists discover where whales go to die
Published on 11/06/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2•Updated 16:24 Scientists have uncovered a vast underwater whale graveyard in one of…
World’s largest whale graveyard discovered by Chinese sub
It was known that when whales die and drop to the seafloor, their sunken bodies – called “whale…
Humpback Whale’s 9.4K-Mile Trek Sets Migration Record
A humpback whale that vanished from view for more than two decades just turned up in record-setting…
‘Highly explosive’ whale Timmy to be towed out to sea
Published on 21/05/2026 – 11:00 GMT+2•Updated 11:25 A dead humpback whale stranded off the Danish island of Anholt…
‘Devastating’: Orca whales rescued from performing in France destined for Spanish zoo
Two orca whales from a French theme park that was closed down to protect them are destined for…
Rise in dolphin and whale sightings in Cyprus prompts increased protection measures
An increasing number of dolphins and other cetaceans have been spotted in waters around Cyprus in recent weeks,…