Rescue teams spent an entire day working to cut the whale free from 450 feet of heavy fishing line. Sean Neilson/NOAA MMHSRP Permit No. 24359 hide caption toggle caption ...

On Sept. 26, a SeaWorld San Diego Rescue team responded to the report and went to work trying to free the whale from the gear painfully wrapped around its body.

A complex rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Australia after a humpback whale was found tethered to the sea floor. The incident took place near Geraldton - located about 260 miles north of ...

Rescue teams work to help entangled whales, but the procedure can be challenging. The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team and the CCS were alerted to free the whale.

Video footage shows the massive sea creature breaching the ocean surface off Australia with the line clearly visible across ...

A rescue team dispatched to aid an entangled whale spotted in the waters off Newport Beach was unable to free the whale from a rope — and now the whale hasn’t been seen for days. Experts say ...

The dramatic sea rescue of a humpback whale was caught on camera off the Gold Coast of Australia. Researchers from Griffith University spotted the 32-foot migrating whale swimming near Surfer's ...

The story of the rescue had been reported earlier by The Washington Post. Image Whales surfacing in the waters off the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean in 2016.