The Cancer Paradox in Whales Whales are among the largest animals on Earth, yet they rarely get cancer. This seems ...

A humpback whale appeared to swallow then spit out a kayaker in a viral video filmed off the coast of Chile. But was he actually in any danger?

A humpback whale briefly "swallowed" a kayaker off the coast of Chile last Saturday in an incident that was captured on camera.

"These whales are not statistics." Officials raise grave concerns after spotting another whale in distress off US coast: ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

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New research shows that whales move nutrients thousands of miles—in their pee and poop—from as far as Alaska to Hawaii, ...

A new study finds that humpback whale song shares statistical structures with human language, suggesting that cultural ...

“The gentleman happened to be very close to the whale that was just going about feeding behavior. The man was not swallowed,” she said. “These animals are not targeting human-sized pre ...

It is very unlikely to allow a human to pass through. So, if humpbacks are not trying to eat humans, why do they swallow us? The answer is that they do it by accident. Humpback whales can be ...

Blue whales migrate during summer to feed in colder regions where krill is plentiful, like in the waters off California. They return to warmer regions such as the Gulf of California and the eastern ...