A majestic humpback whale, dramatic coastlines, and a coral reef ecosystem shine in the NOAA and and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation’s ‘Get Into Your Sanctuary’ photo contest.

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

Taken at Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall Wildlife Trust said the images "show just how shallow and close to shore" the whales are.

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

MIAMI - "A massive explosion of water," that's how a fisherman described video he shot of a humpback whale breaching the water off Key Biscayne earlier this week. Ryan Preston was with a group of ...

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.

A humpback whale cruised incognito alongside his vessel until its slick black body shot out of the ocean like a rocket before belly flopping in a spectacular breach in waters so close to the shore ...

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — A juvenile female humpback whale washed ashore Friday, the Kitty Hawk Police Department said in a social media post. The whale was found near the Bennett Street Beach Access.

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

State officials said the body of a whale calf was found on a Maui beach Friday. Courtesy photo State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on ...