Swimming with a sperm whale and its calf off the coast of Dominica. In my experience, the central danger of swimming with whales in the open ocean is not that you will get smushed or chomped by a ...

A Bigg’s killer whale calf is seen swimming alongside its mom in the Salish Sea off Washington. Caio Ribeiro Eagle Wing Tours / Pacific Whale Watch Association A killer whale has become a first-time ...

Eventually, the mother and her calf departed, and the boat set a course farther out to sea. About 2.5 miles offshore, the captain found four adult whales in the middle of a feeding frenzy. A humpback ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

Two whales spotted swimming up a river in Australia may be on the run from a randy male, scientists have suggested. The two female humpbacks were spied swimming upstream in the Brisbane River this ...

Whale sharks sure are impressive creatures. The largest fish in the oceans, they are linked to sea creatures from as long ago as 245 million years. Their size is magnificent — the largest one recorded ...

Seven tourists in Tenerife have been issued a hefty fine as they jumped into the sea to swim with whales and dolphins. The tourists, who had rented a leisure boat, claimed they were unaware of the ...

A four-year-old humpback whale has washed up dead near Keats Island in Howe Sound, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans ...