It added that there are sporadic sightings around much of the UK, but are more commonly spotted off the Shetland Isles and Hebrides. A humpback whale was confirmed to have been spotted off the coast ...

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 ...

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 ...

UPDATE: This post has been updated with input from NOAA Fisheries regarding the likelihood that the whale had been struck by a ship. A 26-foot humpback whale that was found deceased and entangled ...

Similar patterns of paternity have been documented in other humpback populations in the Pacific as well as in other baleen whale species, including North Atlantic right whales. In addition to ...

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.

A young dead female humpback whale washed ashore in Huntington Beach early Saturday morning. The 20-foot whale washed up at around 5:30 a.m. around lifeguard tower #5, just south of the pier ...

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

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 ...