Only two blue whale births have ever been recorded in human history, both decades ago. This remains an extraordinary mystery, ...

Avoiding predators is one of the most important jobs for many members of the animal world. Even ocean giants like baleen whales have something to fear from killer whales, their only known natural ...

There are mainly two families of whales: baleen whales and toothed whales. There are 14 species of baleen whales including ...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.

California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...

From marathon treks by gray whales across thousands of kilometres to shorter seasonal excursions by minkes, migration routes ...