World Whale Day is a reminder of our responsibility to safeguard these magnificent creatures and their habitats for future ...

The whales that travel in groups and are more likely to fight a killer whale, include right, bowhead, grey and humpback, ...

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous quantities of tiny, shrimp-like animals known as ...

A humpback whale gave a kayaker the surprise of his life while paddling off the coast of Chile. Adrián Simancas was on a day out on the sea with his dad when a massive whale popped up from the water ...

Learn more about how baleen whales split into two groups — fight or flight — and how these groups determine how loud they ...

While paddling in what appeared to be an inflatable kayak, Simancas was suddenly engulfed by a humpback whale as it surfaced ...

In the remarkable encounter off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, kayaker Adrián Simancas experienced a brief but harrowing moment inside the mouth of the marine giant. The viral incident, which ...

Human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring plankton and, in turn, Earth’s largest fish. That could put whale sharks at risk of ship strikes.

“The hypothesis is that the whales were actually adding nutrients to the ecosystem that these phytoplankton were able to use, so they would bloom more and then the krill could eat them,” Bundy sai ...