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 ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates. Humpback whales are filter ...

According to tourist whale-watching websites in New York, humpback whales are typically visible between May and December. Baleen whales—most of the whales in New York waters—also often come.

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 ...

Koala and Curlew are unrelated and possibly pregnant females that have become traveling companions, which is unusual for ...

Minke whales are the smallest baleen whale in North American waters ... They are the world’s second-largest whale species. Seventeen humpback whales and thirty Risso’s dolphins were also ...

“Our humpback whale health database ... “These studies will be used to better predict the resilience of large baleen whale species in the face of threats, including disturbance, entanglement ...

Demand for whale watching trips to see the humpback whale in the Shannon Estuary remains high with more trips continuing ...

Humpback whales, which can weigh up to 40 tons and ... which are shrimp-like crustaceans they eat by straining water through bristly baleen plates made of keratin that act like a sieve.