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.

Humpback whales are listed as a federally endangered species and protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972. They migrate from northwest waters of North America, including Alaska ...

Scientists determined that the fishing gear recovered from the whales came from their feeding grounds in Alaska. The humpback whales migrate from Alaska every year to mate, give birth and nurse ...