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Humpback whale swallows lobster diver before spitting him out
Humpback whales hunt by taking big lunges at groups of fish, so the encounter was likely a fluke.
Will humans ever learn to speak whale?
Cutting-edge technology is helping researchers collect and analyze whale communication.
Nuclear bomb detectors uncover secret population of blue whales hiding in Indian Ocean
Scientists using sound recordings from underwater nuclear bomb detectors have discovered the distinct song of a previously unknown population of pygmy blue whales in the Indian Ocean.
Orcas 'attacked' humpback mother and calf. Now the calf is missing.
Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed a group of transient orcas attacking a humpback mother and calf in a rare encounter between the two species. But what really happened?
Baby minke whale euthanized after getting trapped in Thames River
The injured baby whale slipped free from rescuers on Monday morning, and became stranded again after swimming upstream into shallower waters.
Experts worried after 4 dead gray whales wash up around San Francisco
Four dead gray whales have washed up in San Francisco Bay in eight days, prompting fears that the species is under threat in the area.
'Chaos of clicks and sounds from below' as 70 orcas kill blue whale
A whale tour Down Under witnessed as many as 70 orcas hunt and kill a blue whale.
Dead juvenile humpback whale washes up on UK beach
A juvenile humpback whale has washed up on a beach in the U.K. after first being spotted dead weeks ago.
