Australian police have confirmed that a surfer who went missing was “taken by a shark” after search and rescue teams ...

Still, although Simancas felt he had been swallowed, humpback whales have filter feeders which cannot completely eat someone ...

Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...

Sometimes humorously, sometimes dramatically, these Nature Photography prize winning images are a stunning visual tribute to ...

When the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival kicks off in early March, whale lovers not only peer ceaselessly out at the ocean, ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging ...

Researchers observed a number of surprising behaviors by the ivory-sporting whales during an expedition with drones in the Canadian High Arctic.

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

According to NOAA every year up to 12,000 humpbacks travel to the warmer waters off the coast of Hawaii’s islands to find a mate and raise their young. From November to May, these gentle ocean giants ...

Footage by Lars Bejder shows a humpback whale urinating underway near Hawaii. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Calves, however, may be targeted by sharks, killer whales, or even polar bears if they stray too far from their mother’s protective care. On rare occasions, large pods of orcas have been observed ...