YouTubers in Australia captured video of one of their tour guides getting shot out of the water on a humpback whale's tail before plunging back in the Coral Sea.

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Australia’s coast ...

The Pentagon increasingly sees the Pacific as its most important theater of operations as tensions brew between the U.S. and ...

From December to April, migrating humpback, blue and gray whales settle in the warm waters of Hawaii and Mexico and the calm seas of Sri Lanka. ... protecting coral and rock reefs.

An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier ...

A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single whale ...

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologist Janet Neilson spotted a humpback whale with a deep gash behind its dorsal ...

“Humpback whales and gray whales make the longest-distance migrations of any mammal on the planet, ... “Certainly I think for coral reef systems, for many fish species, ...

Brooke Casanova with Blue Kingdom Whale and Wildlife Tours in Washington caught a photo of a humpback whale accidentally swallowing a harbor seal while feeding.

Adult humpback whales don’t really have predators to look out for, and researchers believe they rely on other senses, including smell, to detect their prey. Unlike their cousins the toothed ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA. ... “These coastal areas often have clear waters, a sign of low nitrogen, and many have coral reef ecosystems,” said Roman.