This is the stunning moment a huge humpback whale breaches from the water. The mammal, which can weigh up to 35 tonn ...

Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

It’s a long journey to get there from the UK, with the last leg made by jumping on board a small ... of a rapidly growing population of humpback whales. Animals once hunted to just a few hundred ...

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

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says trained responders freed two humpback whales tangled in gear last week. Both happened off the coast of ...

"Humpback whales are the favorite of whale watchers, as they frequently perform aerial displays," such as breaching—jumping out of the water—or slapping the surface with their pectoral fins ...

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

By Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) -- A deceased humpback whale ...