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By Abel Alvarado, CNN, and Gabriela Frias and Daniela Patino, CNNE   (CNN) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old ...

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said.

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.

"When I turned around, I felt on my face like a slimy texture; I saw colors like dark blue, white, something approaching from ...

Blue whales are not just the largest animals alive today, but the largest animals to ever live on Earth. They can stretch ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if they are more likely to fight or flee from a predator.

Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely on healthy oceans for food and livelihoods to support their families.

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

One of the most unique about whales is that they're the largest animals to ever exist on Earth — even bigger than the largest ...

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...