One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...

A response team worked five hours to remove crab pot lines from the whale ...

Humpback whales have been observed physically inserting themselves between orca hunting parties and their prey, sometimes ...

A team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) untangled a young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) off the coast of ...

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations to tropical waters aren't as essential as previously thought for giving birth: calves can be born as far south as Tasmania or New Zealand, 1,500 km ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Institute of Marine Biology have found new information on baleen whales. On Tuesday, a study was posted that found out ...

It turns out humpback whales’ epic migrations to tropical waters aren’t as essential as we thought for giving birth: calves can be born as far south as Tasmania or New Zealand, 1,500km further south ...

Marine mammal stranding teams have completed major response activities for two deceased juvenile humpback whales discovered ...

Just like us, humpback whales have their preferences. They are incredibly intelligent creatures, with brains that can weigh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A humpback whale nicknamed Timmy that has been stranded in the Baltic Sea off Germany will be left to die; all rescue efforts have ...

ST. JOHN'S — An eastern Newfoundland town is figuring out what to do with a humpback whale carcass that washed up on a beach entangled in rope.