This very lucky swimmer had slipped into the water near a mother humpback and her newborn baby, hoping for a close look and a few photographs. The whale pushes her baby to the surface for its ...

"We stared in awe as a baby humpback whale came out of the water, breaching several times. Then, as if showing off, the whale rolled onto its back and began slapping the water with its pectoral ...

A mother and baby humpback whale frolic in the waters off Puamana in January. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo As Maui heads into whale season, researchers and conservationists will be on ...