A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters around Chile’s southernmost Patagonia region. The terrifying moment, ...

Dell Simancas and his son Adrian were enjoying a trip kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile when a huge humpback whale breached nearby and caused havoc ...

In an ordeal that sounds like it would belong in the bible, a humpback whale has been caught on film trying to swallow a ...

Many species of whales feed in the deep sea where prey is plentiful, but because they cannot defecate in the high water pressure of the deep sea, they come to the surface to relieve themselves.

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

For the next half-hour, the two adult orcas, by turns, bit the whale and dragged it underwater, attempting to prevent it from surfacing. Then the massive marine mammals disappeared beneath the ...

Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long time. A sperm whale can spend around 90 minutes hunting underwater before it has to come back to the surface to breathe. In 1969, a male sperm ...

Photo from Anthony Gomez, UnSplash An hours-old killer whale calf recently surfaced along ... It swam along the surface for a few minutes, while an adult, presumed to be its mother, remained ...

There is excitement and concern for North Atlantic right whale mother and calf spotted in busy shipping lanes.