South Africa — which has been named the friendliest country in the world — also boasts some of the most stunning landscapes and whale-watching opportunities. East of Cape Town lies 125 miles ...

Researchers said the sighting “brings hope for the species,” which is listed as critically endangered by the International ...

Wildlife photographer Rainer Schimpf had a similar experience while diving off the South African coast in 2019 and has a photograph of his helmet sticking out of the whale’s mouth to prove it!

Rainer Schimpf, 51, was diving off the coast of South Africa with a documentary crew in February when the breaching whale reached the surface, its mouth wide open. “It got dark and I felt some ...

A sperm whale spotted entangled in ropes off Skye last week has become stranded on a shore off the nearby island of Raasay. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) managed to cut five ropes from ...

South Africa's West Coast is fast becoming a destination of global significance for whale activity, offering researchers, conservationists and tourists a unique opportunity to observe these giants ...

A Venezuelan kayaker, paddling through the Strait of Magellan off Chile’s Patagonian coast, was luckily unharmed when he was ‘swallowed’ by a whale. According to an article published by BBC ...

In fact, just two blue whale births have ever been documented — off South Africa in 1911, and off Sri Lanka in 1946. And sightings of calves are remarkably rare, falling far below what should be ...