A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

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 ...

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the humpback whale population has recovered extensively over the past half a century.

The People’s Choice winner in Oak Bay’s annual arts event is a whale of a tale featuring a work created by a Greater Victoria ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach ... including some spectacular tail flips in the shadow of the city skyline. “There were a few trips where it would just be tail throwing ...

COURTESY ED LYMAN /NOAA Trained responder Maria Harvey works to entangle a humpback whale. Federal wildlife officials say two humpback whales were recently freed of life-threatening entanglements in ...

Some even slap their tails to scare the fish, before the group launches a coordinated attack, swimming upward and scooping the ball into their mouths. Iceland and Greenland see more humpback whale ...

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling ...

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 ...

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