One marine mammal has been documented diving as deep as 9,816 feet — equivalent to the depth of over 30 Statues of Liberty stacked on top of one another. Skip to main content.

In the vast and mysterious realm of the ocean, some mammals have evolved to accomplish phenomenal feats, pushing the ...

A 2014 study, published in PLOS ONE, used satellite-linked tags to follow the dives of eight beaked whales off the southern California coast. The deepest recorded dive was 2,992 metres and the longest ...

Cuvier's beaked whales hold the record for the deepest-diving mammal. They can go nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) below the water's surface — about 10 times deeper than the Eiffel Tower is tall..

The Titanic is farther down than the deepest-diving mammal, the Cuvier's beaked whale, ventures. Even this wreck doesn't come close to the deepest-crewed mission that reached 35,839 feet in 2019.

Why Deep-Diving Seals Don’t Drown. ... The mammals’ dive lengths were positively correlated with blood oxygen levels, meaning they stayed underwater longer when they breathed more of the gas.

The Cuvier’s beaked whale is the deepest diving mammal at 3000 meters (10,000 ft), and the Titanic’s final resting place is about 800 meters down from that.

“The last place I expected to find this legendary deep-diving mammal was in the shallows off of Huntington Beach, but there he was in 280 feet of water (85m),” she said.

In a surprising first, researchers found that scalloped hammerhead sharks act like air-breathing marine mammals, holding their breath to stay warm when they deep-dive into cold water for food and ...

Northern elephant seals have adapted to sleep and dive at the same time all while avoiding predators. New research, based on the recorded brainwaves of the seals, revealed the marine mammals get ...