Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy “humpback highway” off Australia.

By measuring a humpback whale eye specimen, University of North Carolina Wilmington and Duke University researchers found ...

Humpback whales are famously curious and, at times, playful around boats. The accompanying footage shows Erica Sackrison of Gone Whale Watching San Diego interacting with an especially inquisitive ...

Resin art. We brought to you the story of a sad memory captured under the sea. And it starts like this. Once upon a time ...

Humpback whales are famously curious and, at times, playful around boats. The accompanying footage shows Erica Sackrison of Gone Whale Watching San Diego interacting with an especially inquisitive ...

A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some kind of line or fishing ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday ...

According to a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science, projected sea surface temperature increases mean that many humpback whale breeding areas would no longer be within their historic ...

Majestic humpback whales can travel thousands and thousands of miles, with what seems like ease. In an incredible encounter, ...

Indeed, since whale conservation rallied in the 1980s, whales have taken on near-celebrity status (a breaching humpback even starred on a 2022 U.S. postage stamp). Star quality aside, they’re ...

Near Międzyzdroje, Poland, responders worked from an inflatable boat to cut away fishing nets from a 32-foot humpback whale, which then calmly swam to safety. In South Africa, a young humpback ...

Matt Hardy Unsplash A rarely seen humpback whale surprised students and researchers aboard a routine dolphin survey along the North Carolina coast, college officials said. The recent April 19 ...