There have been a concentration of sightings off Willingdon Beach and the south tip of Ahgykson Island in the Malaspina ...

Humpback whales are one of the largest marine mammal species, measuring up to 15 metres long. Montrealers, who had flocked to the Old Port with cameras in tow to watch the whale, mourned its death ...

Some information may no longer be current. A humpback whale breaks through the water of Hartley Bay along the Great Bear Rainforest in B.C. on Sept. 17, 2013. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press ...

Humpback whales have new protections after Trump administration settles with environmentalists By Staff The Associated Press Posted August 24, 2018 7:29 pm 1 min read ...

VANCOUVER – After a five-year delay, the federal government has published a final recovery strategy for humpback whales off the West Coast that recognizes shipping traffic and toxic spills as ...

The Canadian government is downgrading the protection of humpback whales off the coast of B.C. under the Species at Risk Act amid fears that the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will turn the ...

Ottawa no longer considers the North Pacific population of humpback whales a threatened species, which lifts many legal protections for the whales’ habitat. You can save this article by ...

This summer, humpback whales have also been spotted a number of times in Howe Sound. It’s a good news story, and it’s worth taking a moment to acknowledge and appreciate.

There are over 90 whale species. Some of the most famous whale species are humpback whales, sperm whales, blue whales and narwhals. Despite their name, killer whales — or orcas — are not whales.