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

Humpback whales, which can weigh up to 40 tons and live ... which are shrimp-like crustaceans they eat by straining water through bristly baleen plates made of keratin that act like a sieve.

Kitty Hawk officials were notified Friday morning that a humpback whale had washed up near the Bennett Street Beach Access.

the tiny crustaceans that Antarctic whales eat more than one tonne of each day. Humpback whales are the only species known to produce these solitary "bubble nets". The act can only be seen in ...