Like Loch Ness in Scotland, the Shannon Estuary in Ireland has long been home to a fabled sea monster. Known as a Cathaigh — ...

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

The humpback whale that washed up on Long Beach this week ... Christopher St. Lawrence/Gotham Whale “It would do those tail-throwing behaviors. We also had a day where it was breaching, and ...

Trained responders from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary saved two whales from life-threatening ...

Two humpback whales were rescued in separate incidents by disentangling them from lines in waters off Maui at the Hawaiian ...

In addition to the Marshfield whale, a dead whale washed up on Bayside Beach in Plymouth on Dec. 9. In Brewster, the carcass of another humpback whale washed ashore on the beach between Crosby Landing ...

Two humpback whales were freed of life-threatening entanglements on Jan. 8 and 9 off the coast of Maui in the Hawaiian ...

In late November, a humpback whale was seen swimming in ... It supposedly had the mane of a horse, the tail of a whale, two feet and “a fiery breath ... which burned like embers.” ...

In the wake of the tragic discovery of the young, popular humpback, those who knew her recalled the spectacular shows she put on for whale watchers last year. “It would do those tail-throwing ...