A group of whale-watching tourists got more than they bargained for in a recent trip off Australia's coast ... Video captured ...

These animals don’t frequently wash up on Huntington Beach’s shores. Agencies are looking into the cause of death of the ...

Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday will offer more information into her cause of death.

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

Cetaceans—marine mammals that include dolphins, porpoises, and whales—are crucial to coastal ecology. Their presence fosters ...

A deceased humpback whale washed ashore near the Huntington Beach Pier last week, prompting an investigation from wildlife ...

Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population do ... an island about 750 miles east of Australia, according to a study published Jan. 8 in the Royal Society Open Science.

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