UPDATE: This post has been updated with input from NOAA Fisheries regarding the likelihood that the whale had been struck by ...

Dive into these 17 fascinating whale facts that seem straight out of a science fiction novel. Humpback Whales Bubble Net Feeding, Juneau, Alaska. Image by Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

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As few as 7% of male humpback whales in the south Pacific Ocean sire offspring, according to a new study. Photo from Amy Humphries, UnSplash Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population ...

Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale ...

Preliminary images for the planned structure show a utilitarian design far removed from the 18th century humpback bridge it is replacing. The local authority’s design team looked at several ...

A tourist visiting the Isles of Scilly said seeing the humpback whale was like something from a dream A humpback whale in the Isles of Scilly "put on a show" for visitors, leaving them in awe.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Humpback whale that washed ashore in Kitty Hawk has necropsy before beach clean up Necropsy performed on whale that washed up on Kitty Hawk shore "There was a gap in the ...

“People are going to react better when they hear this fun story about a whale named Wall-E,” said Amy Warren, an assistant research scientist at the Cabot Center. For the past few ...

A humpback whale was spotted leaping from the water off the Sussex coast. Kitty Dale spotted the whale from Hastings seafront yesterday, January 3. She said: "I’d just had lunch at the White ...

Members of the Outer Banks Marine Mammal Stranding Network along with dozens of volunteers responded to a deceased juvenile humpback whale that washed up in Kitty Hawk Dec. 27. The beached whale ...

Scientists initially spotted the whale mom, known both as Tahlequah and J35, with a new female calf on Friday, Dec. 20 but were worried about the health of the baby when they got out on the water ...