All news on the topic: Whales

Heartbreaking footage showed the isolated killer whale Kiska banging her head against the tank at MarineLand in Canada - she spent twelve years of her life in cruel captivity

Lance Corporal Tevita Lavaki, 50, has admitted selling sperm whale teeth after the UK's biggest ever haul was found at his Oxfordshire home with a value of more than £18,000

The outspoken radio star, 72, believes he will no longer be alive this time next year

Lions, whales, and giraffes are other top choices to spot in their natural habitats - but many Brits are unsure where exactly these natural habitats are

GRAPHIC IMAGES AND FOOTAGE A horde of tiger sharks were seen ripping into the carcass of a humpback whale to shreds in a "feeding frenzy" off the coast of Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia in drone footage of the incident

Social media is awash with stories of sailors being rammed by orcas or being chased by sea animals in what appears to be either a bit of fun or intimidation

The last captive dolphin attraction in the UK closed in 2003 ending the cruelty of keeping such intelligent creatures in confinement but there are still more than 3,000 in held tourist entertainment venues around the world

As sea temperatures around the UK continue to rise at a steady rate, a number of unusual and exotic marine species are being spotted, such as jelly fish, sharks and turtles

A Netflix crew filming for the documentary series "Our Planet II," narrated by Sir David Attenborough, faced multiple shark attacks in Hawaii, resulting in a boat explosion and emergency landing

Russia has trained dolphins guarding a vital Black Sea base and has added Beluga whales and dolphins to its ranks deploying them in Arctic waters

A 72-year old Dutch retired physicist saw his vessel's stern rammed near the Shetland Islands as he fished for mackerel en route to Bergen, Norway

Dave Duffy, 45, felt a huge whack to his 42ft yacht at 3am and found a large orca ramming his rudder. Then, he and his wife Kim noticed noticed three more orcas around their boat

Ryan Davis and Linda Cassidy, from Bournemouth, have told how they first spotted the splashes in the sea off the coast of Cornwall before filming the rare sight of a humpback whale

Hvaldimir is not your usual spy as he is actually a young beluga whale. As ridiculous as it may sound, the mammal is allegedly a product of animal training in Russia

Mark Garrood, 59, was sailing on the Butey of the Clyde near Gibraltar with friends when he was woken up by "two big thumps"

The sailor with five years of experience described the orcas' movements at first as "a bit of a headbutt" before it turned serious and the ship began to flood

The Beluga whale was seen "moving very quickly away from his natural environment" days after it was spotted in Norway, whose residents were told to "avoid contact" with the creature

Footage has gone viral of a massive humpback whale suddenly emerging from the sea and shocking passengers who had gone on a boating trip to see dolphins off the coast of New York

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Janet Morris and Stephen Bidwell from Cambridge were preparing for their night watch when the pod of orcas attacked and they realised they were sitting ducks on board the boat

At the size of a small cow, the sperm whale is the largest and most ambitious of the animatronic camera-carrying creatures to be built so far

A dead minke whale was discovered on the sands at North Berwick, in East Lothian with locals told to keep away from the creature before it was finally carted off by tractor and trailer

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Dawn Brancheau was just 40 when she was attacked and killed by Tilikum the orca, who she had worked with as a trainer at SeaWorld for years

Footage showed the rare fin whale that had become stranded on an East Yorkshire beach with a rescue team at the scene but experts said it was impossible to help the animal

Staff at the Scottish Seabird Centre in East Lothian raised the alarm after they spotted the mammal floating in the water before it came ashore near the harbour