In an astonishing 20-minute exchange between researchers and a humpback whale named Twain, science has crossed an ...

Humans are not the only creatures able to use tools or transmit culture, but we have one trait that makes us different from ...

The young whale was a popular humpback who put on shows for whale watchers this summer — once tail throwing directly beneath ...

In French Polynesia, holidaymakers have the unique opportunity to swim with humpback whales — an experience that is on the ...

Bowhead whales were known to live up to 200 years, and a new study finds that southern right whales may live up to age 150 if ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial ...

Some whales may live to 150. This lifespan is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.

A juvenile humpback whale was found washed ashore on Roosevelt Beach on Long Island, New York, on Monday morning, just days after a deceased minke whale was found nearby.

A young humpback whale washed ashore in Long Beach on Monday morning — with authorities now working to determine why it died, according to police. “Early this morning, a juvenile humpback ...