Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

Scientists confirmed that the recovered gear from both events was from the humpback whales’ feeding grounds in Alaska. Scientists plan to examine the gear to try to identify the source in order ...

Over 12,000 humpback whales migrate every winter from the frigid surroundings of Alaska into the waters of Hawaii. This journey of about 3,000 miles is the longest migration that any mammal ...

Travelers with a passion for wildlife can enjoy whale watching all over the world at all times of the year but some seasons ...

The sounds that make up humpback whale songs follow some of the same statistical rules seen in human languages, which may be ...

Scientists determined that the fishing gear recovered from the whales came from their feeding grounds in Alaska. The humpback whales migrate from Alaska every year to mate, give birth and nurse ...

Watch as a humpback whale tangled in fishing line was freed. Staff from the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary found the whale swimming off the Maui coast before leaping ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

Forget voyaging to Alaska or trekking to the fjords of Iceland — if you’re hoping to catch sight of a humpback whale in your lifetime, you could be in with a chance right here in the UK. In the past ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...