A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was ...

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 ...

They argued it wasn’t possible to safely capture the whales or ensure they wouldn’t develop long-term stress responses. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a global nonprofit advocacy group ...

Morrison did not think that the whale's capture was in any way spectacular. "As far as I am aware," he said, "it is a biological truth that albinos appear in all animals--I don't know about the ...

Whale meat was available as an alternative to beef, pork and chicken at a time when food rationing was still in place. And whale oil was used as a lubricant in industry and to make margarine.

For most of the 20th century, scientists on the Pacific Coast of North America held two basic assumptions about the killer whale (Orcinus orca): first, it was a voracious predator inclined to attack ...

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Adrián Simancas was kayaking in the waters off Chilean Patagonia when the whale momentarily swallowed him A kayaker is speaking out after he briefly found himself inside the mouth of a whale.

The Rice’s whale is among the most endangered marine mammals on the planet — there may be as few as 51 left in the wild.

Whale songs reveal shifts in ocean conditions, offering vital insights into prey availability and ecosystem health.

16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey in the most extraordinary fashion. Swimming together, they create waves ...

Whale, hello there! Excitement is in the air as right whale Catalog #3420, affectionately known as "Platypus," has been spotted with her second calf.