The incredible incident occurred recently in the Strait of Magellan off the coast of Chile.
The exact origins of the Beluga whale, which turned up dead earlier this year, had long remained a mystery.
It was believed that the Beluga whale had been part of a secretive Russian marine mammal training program.
The unexplained behavior has resulted in more than 700 cases of killer whales attacking and damaging boats.
In New Zealand, Indigenous leaders recently signed a remarkable new treaty to recognize whales as legal 'persons'.
The remarkable feat could help to pave the way toward communicating with aliens in the event of first contact.
Sailors off the Iberian coast have been attempting to find ways to protect their boats from being attacked by killer whales.
Social media star Brodie Moss came across a whale's tail sticking out of the water while out on his kayak.
The distinctive seaborne mammal delighted passengers aboard a whale-watching vessel last month.
A whale that was previously found wearing a Russian-made harness has been sighted again off Sweden's coast.
Experts have been attempting to determine what gave the unusual ocean-dwelling giant its distinct coloration.
An ecology professor has put forward one of the strangest explanations for sightings of long-necked sea monsters.
The fossil remains of a particularly unusual species of prehistoric whale have been unearthed in Egypt.
Scientists have captured very rare footage of a particularly unusual type of fish off the coast of California.
A lobster diver got more than he bargained for on Friday when he had a close encounter with a humpback whale.
An American cryptozoologist has put forward a possible new explanation for the Loch Ness Monster.
Two women had been kayaking off the coast of California when they were almost ingested by a humpback whale.
Scientists have found a way to determine how old whale sharks are using the fallout from atomic bomb testing.
Biologists have successfully recorded the heartbeat of the world's largest creature for the first time ever.
A huge humpback whale was recently caught on camera breaching the surface next to a tiny fishing boat.