Underwater in the freezing waters of Antarctica I watched awestruck as gentoo penguins effortlessly rocketed and swerved around me at speeds that were sometimes too fast to follow. Even more ...

There’s something truly unforgettable about seeing a whale in the wild. Whether it’s a humpback leaping out of the water, an ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

There’s no maternity leave for whale mothers who give birth early – they just have to keep swimming with their calves until ...

From frolicking pods of orcas to giant humpbacks, there are plenty of whale sightings around Vancouver that you can keep an ...

Blue whales and killer whales (orcas) are some of the largest creatures in the ocean and some of the most famous. These intelligent animals are truly amazing and share some distinct similarities.

Patches of colour forming the typical orca patterning ... a research fellow at Whale and Dolphin Conservation in the UK, previously told Sky News that "fewer than 1 in 10,000 humpback individuals ...

Watch as orca preys on a baby humpback whale in Ningaloo, Australia. The skilful hunter sets its sights on the vulnerable humpback calf and overpowers it. Screenshot from: Orca preys on humpback baby.

Behind the man, orca whales weave through a vast school of fish, picking off the smaller swimmers as they churn by. After a brief moment of serene silence, a humpback whale surges up from below ...

but roughly twice the size of an orca or killer whale. And that’s just the whales in the Northern Hemisphere. Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere often grow even larger, with some reaching ...

For example, Southern Resident killer whale populations are improving, with sightings up 48% in 2024, according to the Orca Behavior Institute. Even the more elusive humpback whale species is ...