A small international team of marine mammal scientists has found evidence that just 7% of the male humpback whales residing ...

The young whale was a popular humpback who put on shows for whale watchers this summer — once tail throwing directly beneath ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial ...

A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving.

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 ...

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 ...

A humpback whale in the Isles of Scilly "put on a show" for visitors, leaving them in awe. Molly Wates, who lives in West ...

The motivations behind the whale's extraordinary journey remain a mystery. In an extraordinary feat, a humpback whale has been tracked making one of the longest migrations ever recorded ...

A male humpback whale swam 8,106 miles (13,046 km) from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, mingling with other whale populations and potentially having sex with them along the way. A male humpback ...

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