If you ever watch a whale breathe, you'll see plumes of mist shoot out of a hole in its head. Contrary to popular belief, that's not seawater. It's actually a cocktail mix of hot air and bacteria.

Unlike fish, whales can’t breathe underwater. They are mammals, just like us, and need to surface regularly to breathe air through their blowholes. This adaptation requires them to have a ...

So, what animal can hold its breath the longest? The champion would have to be a marine mammal called Cuvier’s beaked whale. During a five-year-long study of 23 of these whales, scientists ...

The longest ever recorded dive by a whale was made by a Cuvier's beaked whale. It lasted 222 minutes and broke the record for diving mammals. Other whales can also hold their breath for a very long ...

Rather than keeping oxygen in their lungs like humans do, whales' bodies are specially adapted to store oxygen in their blood and muscles. They have extraordinarily high levels of the oxygen-storing ...

The mysterious Cuvier's beaked whale is already known for its ability to dive to extreme depths, and now it has set a new record. On Wednesday, scientists announced that the Cuvier's broke the ...

It features more than 100 exhibits from the museum's collection, from a blue whale's enormous flipper to a small harbour porpoise. Displayed organs show how the marine creatures breathe and digest ...

Whales are mammals like you and I, which means they breathe air. Their nose is located on top of their head like an in-built snorkel.