A source said: "The call was put out over the radio just before 2pm. The whale is stuck in the anchor line of the ship. There is quite an emergency rescue operation underway as they need to free the ...

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Learn about one of the ocean's most iconic and captivating creatures in the world, the humpback whale. Read more on the blog.

After being freed, “it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” an official said.

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...

Sightings of humpback ... with the animal reclassified from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘least concern’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species database. The sighting of the whales in North ...

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale ... Center and the Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance in Los Angeles examined the whale. They found significant ...

Known as the “52-hertz whale,” this enigmatic animal has captivated marine biologists ... researchers hypothesized that the 52-hertz whale could be: A hybrid—potentially a cross between ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that became entangled in rope at a salmon farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the animal in distress at the Invertote farm at around 8 ...