Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...

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!

Volunteers attempted to free the whale from ropes that were wrapped around it A sperm whale which died on Monday after washing up on the island of Raasay had been entangled in ropes. It was the ...

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 ...

The South African Whale Centre (SAWC) is set to be built in the heart of Hermanus in the Western Cape, the whale capital of South Africa. The centre will house the Whale Unit of the University of ...

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 ...