Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Dolphins and porpoises are actually whales. But whales are whales too. And so are narwhals. Sorry for springing that on you ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV and 8 p.m. on KPBS 2. In Antarctica, killer whales hunt using their intelligence and teamwork. Swimming ...

This prehistoric quadruped discovered on the coast of Peru was similar to a modern-day otter or beaver — except it was 13 ...

California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...

A pair of rare and critically endangered whales has journeyed past their usual course, appearing in the Gulf Coast where they ...

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

Researchers identified statistically coherent patterns in whale song that may be a signature of cultural learning.

The humpback whale, named for the distinctive hump on its back, can grow up to 60 feet (~18 meters) long and weigh 80,000 pounds (~36,000 kilograms). Though enormous, they are not a predatory species, ...