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 ...

They may 'sound' like dinner. Why are whales eating plastic bags? They may 'sound' like dinner. Humpback whales can’t swallow a human. Here’s why. Humpback whales can’t swallow a human.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a necropsy revealed the whale may have suffered a ship ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

The death toll continues to rise amongst whales along Southern New England coastlines. On Wednesday, a juvenile humpback whale was stranded along Richmond Pond Beach in Westport. "This is the 13th ...

State officials said the body of a whale calf was found on a Maui beach Friday. Courtesy photo State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on ...

A humpback whale that had been thrilling ... by Mark Girardeau highlights “the tragedy of yet another human-created problem” in the form of a commercial fishing rope running through the whale’s mouth ...