Category: Nature

Humpback whales breach during 22 for 22 Pushup Challenge! Help bring awareness to veterans with PTSD. This is day 9 of 22 for a friend of mine, Mike Pelayo. Nothing like a big whale to shed light on an issue! Watch this video on YouTube Also, Humpback Whale Almost Hits Fishing Boat Watch this video…

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Nope, this isn’t a scene out of Free Willy. It’s actually taking place in the Army Bay, New Zealand, where a kayaker casually jumped out of his vessel to hang out with a curious orca on Monday. Tim Stewart is said daring kayaker, who told the NZ Herald he went down to the ocean after…

A dog swam more than 6 miles and walked a dozen more to find its family after falling overboard into Lake Michigan during the weekend. Watch this video on YouTube

These curios humpback whales were very interested in this boat during a tour in the Bay of Fundy, North Carolina. Via Mashable Watch this video on YouTube

Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State’s most popular tourist activities and the industry that has sprung up around it. The National Marine Fisheries Service says spinner dolphins — the playful nocturnal species that humans in Hawaii routinely frolic with — are…

Whale shark swimming tours are a popular tourist draw in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. These tours are promoted as a way to boost the local economy and the conservation of this endangered species, but sometimes the tour operators and tourists don’t follow the rules further risking the well-being of the sharks. Watch this video…

A group a sightseers got closer than expected to an enormous fin whale during a recent whale-watching excursion. This delightful sighting took place on the St. Lawrence River in Québec, when the animal passed beneath the group’s inflatable boat. See Mashable Watch this video on YouTube

Caught on camera by wildlife tour company Sea Wild Scotland, the film shows the gentle giants swimming in clear shallow water between Coll and Mull in the Hebrides. And the crystal clear waters look more reminiscent of the Seychelles than chilly Scotland. James Fairbairns, skipper and owner of Sea Wild, said: “The sharks are a…