An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...

The dilemma was, do you stop and film great shark behavior or try for an uncertain chance at blue whales? The unwritten rule in underwater filmmaking is "Get it while it's hot." Wait until ...

For underwater photographer Brian Skerry, there are good days. The sun shines, the water’s clear, the surface is calm, the whales come, and Skerry can slip into the ocean fast enough to ...

Early ancestors of the ocean's biggest animals once walked on land. Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, ...

Unlike fish, whales can’t breathe underwater. They are mammals, just like us, and need to surface regularly to breathe air through their blowholes. This adaptation requires them to have a ...

It features in the Imax film Blue Whales 3D. But a year of underwater audio recording revealed the animals spend months in the region. This means they could be breeding there, scientists say.