César Espino dives repeatedly to cut rope that had hopelessly trapped an emaciated Bryde’s whale off the Canary Islands. A 45-foot Bryde’s whale that had become hopelessly ensnared in fishing gear off ...

A video showing a man in a kayak briefly swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile may have brought on a feeling of déjà vu for Cape Codders. Something similar happened to lobster diver ...

After Michael Packard, a lobster fisherman on Cape Cod, leapt from his boat June 11, 2021 off the coast of Provincetown, an event ensued that would shock audiences worldwide: he found himself engulfed ...

Deep in the Pacific, humans have tracked a mysterious whale’s call for decades—but no other whale seems to respond. And now, we might be running out of time to find the source. As far as deep-sea ...

Scientists have been aware for some time that whales contribute to marine ecosystems by "recycling" nutrients. However, the ...

Whales may be known as gentle giants, but they still have a looming presence as the world’s loudest and largest animals. The Antarctic blue whale can weigh up to 400,000 pounds and stretches to 98 ...

One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...