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

Trained responders from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary saved two whales from life-threatening ...

Humpback whales are among the most beautiful and gentle creatures on the planet. They are among the largest creatures on land ...

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...

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 ...

or changes in habitat such as warmer waters shifting the migrations of prey. "One of the coolest things about whales is we still don't know a whole lot about them," she said. Humpback whale ...

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"The humpback whales are currently migrating ... construction of offshore wind turbines could be disrupting the whales' habitat, though no evidence has substantiated this claim.