Across Alaska’s icy waters, a brief exchange between humans and a humpback whale hints at a new frontier in interspecies communication. The encounter—documented and peer-reviewed—suggests ...

A humpback whale was severely injured in Glacier Bay. National Park Service staff say they first saw the injury last Friday, and it is the result of an apparent collision with a vessel. They don’t ...

Throughout town, work by local artists graces coffee shops, tour check-in areas, and outdoor spaces. Seward is even called ...

Alaska's humpback whales came a step closer to moving off the endangered species list this week when an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a positive initial finding on ...

A video shared in a statement from Griffith University shows a handful of long remoras clinging to a whale as it approaches the surface of the water. Right before the whale surfaces, the remoras fling ...

Heartbroken’: Humpback whale stranded on Oregon beach will be euthanized - Researchers will perform a necropsy on the whale ...

I was lucky enough to go out on a whale-watching expedition in Cape Cod a few summers ago. Our ship was big, and its captains were skilled at getting us close to the giant, feeding marine mammals, so ...

According to NMFS estimates, the sablefish pot fishery kills or seriously injures about three humpback whales every two years ...

A humpback whale was spotted in the Manasquan Inlet on Friday morning. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is monitoring the situation, concerned the whale could become stranded. The sighting occurs ...

Harrowing footage shows the moment a diver narrowly avoids a confrontation with a pair of humpback whales. The video was posted by diver Timo Dersch in January to his Instagram account and recorded ...