A humpback whale was severely injured in Glacier Bay. National Park Service staff say they first saw the injury on Friday, ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologist Janet Neilson spotted a humpback whale with a deep gash behind its dorsal ...

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

A “well known” sea creature with a “traumatic past” was spotted feeding off the coast of California. On June 29, Fingers, a ...

Brave rescuers risk their own safety to free animals like humpback whales that become entangled in ropes and other fishing ...

Humpback whales are already known for complex songs, acoustic variety, and cooperative social structures. But the idea that they may initiate communication with humans voluntarily opens up a new ...

Researchers found that the significantly large eye size of humpback whales does not equal a more advanced ability to see. In fact, the vision of the whales was measured at much lower levels than had ...

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 ...

/ And so we all must lend a helping fin.” Humphrey, the beached humpback whale, spouts water as he makes his way from the rocks in the San Francisco Bay on Oct. 23, 1990.

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — A dead juvenile female humpback whale has washed ashore on the Outer Banks surf, according to officials with North Carolina Aquariums. The carcass was spotted floating just ...

In March 2024, one humpback whale stranded at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront had entanglement scars. Close to 90 whales have died off the East Coast since the end of 2022, according to NOAA.

Humpback vocalizations, including the complex and wide-ranging “whale song” performed by males, typically have an audio frequency between 80 and 4,000 hertz (Hz).