When diving to such great depths, whales face two challenges: storing enough oxygen to hunt successfully and withstanding the enormous pressure. High pressures change the uptake of gas in the body.

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

Let’s dive deep and explore ... Unlike fish, whales can’t breathe underwater. They are mammals, just like us, and need to surface regularly to breathe air through their blowholes.

To find food in the dark, deep-diving whales, like sperm whales, pygmy sperm whales and goose-beaked whales, send out clicks and buzzes from a vocal cord-like structure near their blowholes. These ...

so they put their tail flukes out of the water and up in the air when they deep dive. "They're one of those whales that everyone wants to see." She said experts were unsure why there had been more ...

From December through March every year, the waters off Georgia’s coast provide calving grounds for the estimated 70 remaining ...