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Timmy, the young humpback whale who was stranded for weeks in shallow waters, has been found dead just off Denmark’s coast, according to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, just weeks after a ...

The humpback whale, stuck for weeks in shallow waters off Germany, was towed to the North Sea in a barge. The story captivated the country. By Jenny Gross A humpback whale that was stranded for weeks ...

After weeks of drama, the stranded humpback whale is back in his natural habitat but still not out of harm's way. The whale nicknamed Timmy, whose fate has captivated Germany since late March, was ...

A humpback whale calf that earned huge media attention and the nickname Timmy after being repeatedly stranded in shallow waters near Germany has been released into the North Sea by rescue team. The ...

A rescue team on Saturday released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said. Nicknamed Timmy by German media, ...

The entrepreneur-funded rescue effort said that it had fitted the previously stranded whale with a tracking device but this is suspected to be untrue. Timmy, a humpback whale who caught the world's ...

Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.

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A stranded humpback whale affectionately named Timmy by German media has been freed after being stranded for more than a month off the country’s northeastern coast, the Associated Press and German ...