Whale watchers got a rare treat this week when they saw a minke whale breaching off the shore of San Diego, California. Watch it here.

An incredible underwater video shows a humpback whale chasing some dolphins, proving these huge whales have both speed and agility.

Some friendly belugas came up to and bumped a woman’s sea kayak in the Canadian Arctic. Her joy is absolutely infectious.

A viral video shows a man swimming alongside a blue whale. It’s breathtaking. So much so that some people question if it’s even real.

A humpback whale showed up to the Olympic surfing competition and gave a gold-medal performance. Watch it here.

Whale watchers spotted a rare white southern right whale off the coast of Argentina. See Agustín Baraschi’s beautiful footage.

A large baleen whale capsized a 23-foot-long fishing boat with two men onboard, and the video is going viral. See it here.

Tom Waddington is solo rowing the north Atlantic Ocean, but he wasn’t so solo when pilot whales swarmed him. He loved and hated it.

Scientists spotted a newborn pygmy blue whale calf swimming with its mother and captured some beautiful photographs.

A gray whale treated some whale watchers to the show of a lifetime when it came up to the boat, laid on its side, and opened its mouth.