Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday will offer more information into her cause of death.

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

UK wildlife watchers have been treated to an incredible spectacle in the first few weeks of this year as humpback whales make a splash in Britain's waters. The once-endangered whales have been ...

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the south Pacific Ocean sire ... an island about 750 miles east of Australia, according to a study published Jan. 8 in the Royal Society Open Science.