HEARTSTOPPING footage shows the moment two giant whales move in to protect a diver from a bloodthirsty shark. Benoît Girodeau ...

A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the island of Raasay. The 15m-long (49ft) animal was spotted in difficulty off nearby Skye on Thursday.

Authorities believe the ropes wrapped around the animal came from deep-water trap gear. Experts stunned by whale's stomach ...

In a dramatic turn of events, two sperm whales rescued a diver, Benoît Girodeau, from an oceanic whitetip shark attack off ...

In a rare ocean encounter, two 45-ton whales chase off a whitetip shark to protect a diver from potential danger.

It’s hard to describe the sheer size of a whale when it washes ashore. That’s why Brendon Gould took to the beach with his drone in River of Ponds on the Northern Peninsula.

A once-in-a-lifetime experience unfolded for artist Benoît Girodeau during a dive in Mauritius, when two massive whales appeared to protect him just as a shark moved towards him in a threatening ...

The sperm whale is one of the deepest diving mammals in the world, regularly making dives of up to 400 metres (1,300 feet) sometimes reaching depths of up to two to three kilometres (one to two ...

Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...

Sperm whales dive up to 3,000 feet (900 m) below the ocean's surface to hunt for giant squid and other deep-sea prey. Some toothed whales use only their teeth to capture and grab prey and swallow ...