The Canadian videographer gave new meaning to the phrase, “There’s beauty in randomness,” after a chance encounter with ...

"We stared in awe as a baby humpback whale came out of the water, breaching several times. Then, as if showing off, the whale rolled onto its back and began slapping the water with its pectoral ...

Although whales ... the water and evolved to cope with their new environment. One species of these relatives was called Ambulocetus. It lived in or near estuaries about 50 to 48 million years ago.

Or, as soon as Skerry gets in the water, the whales dive several thousand feet to feed, and he can chase them only as far as one breath will take him. Photographer Brian Skerry A National ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale ... back body out of the water,” said ...

The most famous fictional tale about a whale is, of course, Moby Dick. Captain Ahab is obsessed with finding and killing the ...

sperm whale will strand and die in shallow water in Shetland. The animal is a deep-diving species thought to have drifted in from its usual deep sea habitat about 50 miles (80km) west of the islands.

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

A group of scientists saw over 75 North Atlantic right whales gathered in the Gulf of Maine. Here's what we know.

New divers should, on the other hand, seek out dive centers ... thanks to the warm water temperature and calm ocean conditions. Though if you are intent on spotting whales, the best chance of ...