Humpback whales are filter feeders and eat small fish and crustaceans, mostly krill. They herd and disorient their prey using several methods. In one, called “bubble-net feeding,” one whale ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

Clearly, some whale species do eat some fish species - they always have. But the question is, would reducing whale populations result in bigger catches for commercial fishermen? Whales do eat some ...

The humpback ... Whale “It would do those tail-throwing behaviors. We also had a day where it was breaching, and we also saw it lunge feeding — when it comes up right underneath that bait fish ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ... Brandkamp and others have noted that many of the fish the whales consume have been found closer to ...

The humpback that washed up dead ... it comes up right underneath that bait fish to swallow that whole,” St. Lawrence said. “We do know this whale was not only feeding, but had the energy ...