The underwater videographer and diver lost his camera off the coast of Vancouver Island. Little did he know, a thrilling ...

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 ...

Whales are not just big, they’re a big deal for healthy oceans. When they poop, whales move tons of nutrients from deep water ...

Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 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 ...

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.

A Southeast Alaska commercial fisherman was sentenced today to six months in prison for falsifying fishing records in ...

Coffman Cove commercial fisherman Dugan Paul Daniels, 55, was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for illegally “taking” an endangered sperm whale and falsifying fishing records in 2020. The ...

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.

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But, using underwater microphones to capture the whale’s calls, scientists recently discovered that they live along the border of the continental shelf that extends into the western Gulf.