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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 ...
To understand humpback vision, Mr. Bolin and his team dissected the eye of a juvenile humpback whale that died on a North Carolina beach in 2011.
A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single whale ...
As for the humpback in the video, the whale may have been injured when it crashed into the boat. Trites said it was likely injured but that it was not possible to know if it was cut, bruised, or ...
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.
Video is circulating online that shows a man kayaking in Chile's Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale suddenly appears - and then the two vanish. Moments later, the kayaker resurfaces, unharmed.
A humpback whale, like this one seen off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, might breach as it herds a school of fish. Photograph By Ethan Daniels / Alamy. By Jason Bittel. July 24, 2024.
Humpback whales are famously curious and, at times, playful around boats. The accompanying footage shows Erica Sackrison of Gone Whale Watching San Diego interacting with an especially inquisitive ...
A humpback whale was freed from over 50 ropes and fishing gear in a 4-day rescue off the western Canadian coast. Experts say such entanglements are on the rise, with at least 67 off US coasts in 2022.
One of the world’s busiest harbors became the scene of a dramatic rescue operation Friday after a young humpback whale was spotted with fishing gear tangled around its tail.
A juvenile humpback whale is freed from entanglement — fishing equipment had been tightly wrapped around its tail — off the coast of Dana Point.
Boaters off the New Hampshire coast have a whale of a tail to tell after a humpback whale slammed into a fishing boat and a pair of teen brothers caught the whole thing on video, then rescued the ...