The crew first noticed the smaller black fin after the net had already begun to close. It surfaced inside the enclosure for less than a second, disappeared beneath a line […]
The calf remained close to the black mesh. Every small wave lifted its body toward the floating rope, then carried it back into the enclosure. The net was not wrapped […]
Researchers off Dominica thought they were recording unusual group behavior. What unfolded became one of the most detailed whale births ever documented. The ocean below the research drone looked unusually […]
The abandoned net had settled across the shipwreck like a second skeleton. Its lines clung to rusted metal, stretched across openings and disappeared into the dark blue water beyond the […]
Dave Seymour was still lying flat on the board when the ocean beneath him seemed to explode. One moment, the hydrofoil was moving normally across the water off Queensland’s coast. […]
Boris Ibáñez had been fishing alone for some time when a dark shape broke the surface behind his kayak. It was only a fin. From that distance, there was no […]
Hamish Stewart was looking down into cold New Zealand water, searching for scallops, when the people on the boat saw something he could not. Three dark dorsal fins were moving […]
The seal had already lost its safest place. Moments earlier, it had been resting on a piece of Antarctic ice while killer whales moved beneath the surface nearby. The predators […]
Nan Hauser had spent nearly three decades studying whales. She knew how quickly a calm encounter could change. She understood the danger of swimming beside an animal powerful enough to […]
There was no cage between Benoît Girodeau and the open ocean. No reef wall to retreat toward. Only deep blue water, a camera in his hands, and three enormous animals […]