There are nature documentaries that show you things you’ve never seen before. Then there’s “The Americas,” which shows its viewers something literally no human had ever seen before. Marine scientists ...

No one ever says: “I can’t remember if I’ve seen a whale”. A close encounter with one of these larger-than-life leviathans is a life-changing experience. Over the past 40 years, I’ve spent countless ...

An integral part of whale watching, Capt. Rick Podolak explained as we zipped out of North San Diego Bay past Point Loma, is establishing trust. That and a fast vessel, good timing and luck. All of ...

Recovering the DNA sample involved distracting a curious albatross to recover the biopsy sample. For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s ...