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The pygmy right whale, a mysterious and elusive creature that rarely comes to shore, is the last living relative of an ancient group of whales long believed to be extinct, a new study suggests.

It could be the muffled sound of singing in the shower or that sing-songy indecipherable voice from the Muppets' Swedish Chef. Surprisingly, scientists said the audio they captured was a whale imitating people. In fact, the whale song sounded so eerily human that divers initially thought it was a human voice.

A white orca is identified off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula - believed to be the first white adult seen in the wild.

A 12-year-old male killer whale, who showed signs of being ill only the day before, died Tuesday afternoon at SeaWorld in San Diego, California, the park announced.

A compromise deal would limit and ultimately end whale hunting by Japan, Norway and Iceland, said people involved with the negotiations.

After the death of a whale trainer at Florida's SeaWorld Orlando, company president Jim Atchison said SeaWorld's shows with killer whales will resume Saturday.