A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...

NYC0393 was spotted at least 12 times near the Big Apple between June and August, and she stood out from a rapidly growing humpback population in the area’s waters — as Gotham Whale celebrated ...

JUPITER, Fla. — Humpback whales are typically not found in Jupiter, but two Palm Beach County boaters were lucky enough to see one and record it. On Saturday, Mike Lee and Daniel Hanna were out ...

which has a big knock-on effect on global marine wildlife. Meanwhile, overfishing has depleted stocks of key species leading to significant changes in the distribution of humpback whales' feeding ...

Two humpback whales were freed of life-threatening entanglements on Wednesday, Jan. 8 and Thursday, Jan. 9 off the coast of Maui in Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Trained ...

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

Federal wildlife officials say two humpback whales were recently freed of life-threatening entanglements in fishing lines in separate incidents off Maui. One was a subadult whale with 200 feet of ...

These animals don’t frequently wash up on Huntington Beach’s shores. Agencies are looking into the cause of death of the ...

The humpback whale that washed up on Long Beach this week was frequently spotted in Big Apple waters this summer. Christopher St. Lawrence/Gotham Whale “We did have this whale super active on ...