As humpback whale numbers climb back after decades of large-scale hunting, scientists are spotting strange things. A new study reveals that older males are now more likely to father calves, while ...

A humpback whale nicknamed Timmy that has been stranded in the Baltic Sea off Germany will be left to die; all rescue efforts ...

ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: The nearly 40-foot-long humpback is a young adult who a month ago got entangled in a fish net, which is still stuck in its mouth. Since then, the whale has ended up swimming into ...

Rescuers say they lost hope for the humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast ...

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A Southern California-based photographer on Saturday captured a stunning image showing that even "small" humpback whales can be made to appear massive. But the image Delaney Trowbridge shared via ...

From Tonga to the Dominican Republic, these destinations offer rare, regulated encounters. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it's the ...

Orcas acted as primary scouts by actively seeking out baleen whales and alerting the whalers by breaching and slapping their tails at the mouth of the river. This 90-year alliance proves that Orcas ...

Ask anyone who’s had encounters with killer whales, and they will tell you just how smart they are. Orcas are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of complex hunting strategies. They also engage ...

Scientists following humpback whales once brought to the brink of extinction in the South Pacific made a fascinating discovery: Older males were more likely to become fathers and younger males were ...