Despite the confusing moniker, whale sharks are fish, rather than mammals like whales. They’re called whale sharks for two ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

Other animals including some early humans, non-human primates, sea otters, elephants, and bird species are known to use objects to make tools. While the bubble nets that humpback whales use to catch ...

Humpback Whales ‘Bubble-Net’ Feeding. Image by Openverse. Bubble-net feeding is a sophisticated hunting technique employed primarily by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This behavior involves ...

Fisherman surprised by humpback whale breaching near his boat in waters between Jupiter and Palm Beach.

Fisherman surprised by humpback whale breaching near his boat in waters between Jupiter and Palm Beach.

A second later, another humpback zooms into frame with its mouth wide open headed straight for Dersch.

Humans may have taken over the planet with our amazing intellect, but that doesn't mean the animal kingdom is filled with ...

Humpback whales are gulp feeders. When they feed, they open their mouth wide and take in huge volumes of water. Then, they partially close their mouth and force the water out past their baleens ...

A man was briefly scooped up in the mouth of a humpback whale while kayaking off the coast of southern Chile in an extraordinary moment caught on video.