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.

Nature's gentle giants are a sight to behold, but if you want to see them up close, here are some whale watching do's and don ...

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.

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 ...

The father and son were kayaking in the Strait of Megellan, Southern Chile, which is a popular spot and whale encounters ...

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 ...

Incredible footage showing a man briefly being 'swallowed' by a whale is the latest in seemingly similar, yet mostly benign ...

It’s up just long enough for it to take a couple of breaths of air. Then the whale dives ... Dodd estimates the whale’s ...