The encounter made the biologist Nan Hauser commit even more deeply to conserving these humpback whale species.

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologist Janet Neilson spotted a humpback whale with a deep gash behind its dorsal fin near Willoughby Island on June 27. Park service officials are asking for ...

MONTEREY, Calif. -- A group on a whale watching tour in Monterey, California was in the right place at the right time Sunday, and witnessed a spectacular sight - a "triple breach" of humpback whales!

What started as a spiritual quest to get up close and personal with nature’s most breathtaking mammal ended in an existential ...

Nearly two years after an emaciated fin whale washed up in Maine, the skeleton will be hoisted above the Maine Beer Co. tap room, becoming one of the few places outside of a museum where you can see ...

Sea creatures were seen off the coast of California during a “spectacular adventure,” a group said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Boaters got the chance to spot sea creatures off the California coast ...

A father-and-son kayaking expedition off the coast of Punta Arenas in Southern Chile has made headlines all over the world thanks to the dramatic antics of a huge humpback whale. It may be common to ...

A humpback whale appeared to "swallow" a kayaker and spit him out last weekend off the coast of southern Chile in a dramatic incident that was caught on camera. The kayaker, Adrian Simancas, was out ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...