Playing ‘Never Have I Ever’ must be fun with this guy.
Guests on board a whale-watching cruise are pinching themselves after being privileged enough to see a mommy whale give birth to her calf right by the boat’s edge.
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so don’t write off sperm whale faeces until you understand the story of ambergris.
Phiomicetus anubis measured around three metres in length, and possessed strong jaws which enabled it to catch prey.
56-year-old Michael Packard is a very fortunate man, with an exceptionally rare story to tell.
Two special moments from Australia and South Africa capture how full of life our oceans are, with rays, dolphins, and whales.
Over the years, we’ve seen kayakers caught up in the midst of some very close encounters, but this might take the cake.
In a bizarre turn of events, a runaway train was miraculously caught by a conveniently placed sculpture.
I’m constantly amazed by animals and their ability to navigate travelling huge distances with pinpoint accuracy. That doesn’t mean things don’t go wrong from time to time.
18-year-old Payton Landaas was tracking a whale when he saw it swimming towards a dozen or so surfers off the coast of Southern California.
The disappearance of Cape Town’s great white shark population has been well documented, and now a new aerial survey shows some worrying whale numbers.
27-year-old wildlife photographer Chase Dekker can be pretty chuffed with the photos he snapped on July 22 in Monterey Bay, California, whilst out on a whale-watching cruise.
False Bay plays home to a number of visiting whales that come here to breed, as well as a resident population of Bryde’s whales and orcas. Now they’re under threat.
Yesterday, five fishermen were rescued off the coast of Lambert’s Bay after their boat, which struck a whale, suffered a crack to the hull.
Nobody has claimed the harness-wearing whale found off the coast of Norway, but one man thinks he might be able to shed more light on the mystery.
The harness-wearing beluga whale spotted by Norwegian fisherman could be a Russian weapon, and that’s not as far-fetched as you might think.
During a recent whale-watching expedition, a Port Elizabeth dive tour operator ended up getting far more up close and personal than he intended.
Kayakers paddling in Sea Point were greeted by an unexpected guest that popped up right next to them.
Most people are more than happy to have an up-close sighting of a few whales during a boat trip. This woman is not one of them.
Plastic pollution has claimed another victim – a whale that had been feeding in a canal in Thailand. The contents of its stomach are sickening.
The drive past Llandudno is pretty easy on the eye, but if you happened to be winding your way somewhere yesterday morning you may have seen these guys.
Whales were plentiful at the Hermanus Whale Festival this past weekend, and Luke Maximo Bell was there to capture it all with his drone.
Called out on a whale rescue mission, the NSRI successfully detangled a large southern right whale before things could get out of hand.
Here in the Cape we’re lucky enough to see whales quite regularly, but apparently Andrei Grigoriev hadn’t ever seen one before getting up close and personal.
We’re lucky enough to have a number of whale species that pay our shores a visit, but sometimes things don’t go to plan and the NSRI must swoop.
We’re lucky enough to watch whales frolic off of our coastline, but there won’t be many of us who have come this close to these magnificent creatures.
Whales really are gentle giants, and most Capetonians will readily admit to having a soft spot for them. This may put a smile on your face then.
Conservation is cool, but if you’ve ever thought that what it really lacks is a healthy dose of pornography then help is at hand.
There seems to be an awful amount of animals hitching rather unusual rides of late. This seal got in on the action over in Australia.
Watching a whale breach goes a long way to appreciating the majesty of these massive animals. Being in the kayak it lands on is a different story.