Keeping a safe distance "The legislation to protect humpback whales, including mothers and calves, is already in place across all states," says Dr Adelaide Dedden from the NSW National Parks and ...

These tours are generally beneficial for whales, but they can also stress them out. Here’s how to ensure that your trip does more good than harm. A gray whale “spyhops,” a vertical position ...

Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae) eye used in this study. Frontal plane (a) and sagittal plane (b) of the eye are shown, as well as the bisected eye (c) following removal of the retina. V = ventral ...

New England Aquarium Whale Watches kicked off on May 16 They depart from Boston’s Central Wharf New England Aquarium naturalists serve as guides onboard the whale watch cruises as passengers If ...

according to Dr. Florencia Paolucci, "The ecomorphological features of Idiorophus point to a lifestyle quite different from that of modern sperm whales. It was likely an active predator of large ...

The rare Bryde’s whale that washed ashore in Port McNeill Bay this week will be a feature display in the new Whale Interpretive Centre being rebuilt in Telegraph Cove. Jim Borrowman, who has ...

Despite having eyes the size of an orange, the humpback whale has limited visual acuity, similar to nearsightedness, research shows 1. That makes it vulnerable to becoming entangled in fishing ...

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

By Elizabeth Anne Brown Run-ins with humans are a leading cause of death for humpback whales — and new research may explain why these gentle giants are so vulnerable to collisions with boats and ...

Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications.

With large, grapefruit-sized eyes, it would make sense if humpback whales had decently strong eyesight. So, why do these intelligent cetaceans continue to become entangled in fishing gear?

New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 ...