Some baleen whale species are capable of evading orcas — their only known predators — by using stealth-like communication, according to new research. Specifically, the marine mammals can sing at ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

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.

“When I turned around, I felt on my face like a slimy texture; I saw colors like dark blue ... to be very close to the whale that was just going about feeding behavior. The man was not swallowed ...

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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. Killer ...

New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on ...

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. Killer ...

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 ...

Time is of the essence for a Brazilian neuroscientist who wants to study whale and dolphin brains before the brains decompose ...

when the whale surfaced and scooped him up in his mouth. "I felt like I was being lifted, but it was clearly too strong to be a wave," he said. "When I turned, I felt something blue and white ...

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic ... "So when I turned around, I saw some blue, dark colors and white flashing ...