A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

The bones of a whale that died at North Myrtle Beach 40 years ago were supposed to be displayed at SC’s state museum. But it ...

“However, the ongoing loss of beach volume has now allowed erosion to uncover portions of that burial site. The result is exactly what one might expect from a four-year-old whale carcass reappearing ...

A humpback whale was spotted feeding and diving with birds off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Wednesday, March 4.Drone footage captured by Mauricio Tassara, who operates under the ...

As humpback whales recover, older males are fathering more calves, revealing how whaling still shapes mating and competition ...

For the second time this year, 487 volunteers collected data on kohola, or humpback whales, from the shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii Island during the Hawaiian Humpback Whale National Marine ...

A total of 256 whales were observed during the 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. period, the most of any time period throughout the day’s count. Data collected during the Sanctuary Ocean Count and Great Whale Count ...

With warm — relative to Alaska — spring waters, migratory rest-stops and great feeding grounds, Los Angeles County’s coast is considered part of the “Blue Highway,” a crucial whale migration corridor ...

A total of 1,935 whales were observed across all islands, during the second Ocean Count and Great Whale Count for the 2026 season. That’s down by 12 whales from the same time last year. The number may ...

Warming ocean waters are shrinking whale feeding areas and increasing entanglement risk along the U.S. West Coast.