Rising ocean temperatures are shrinking the critical ocean foraging habitat of the California Current and driving humpback whales closer to the coast, where they are more likely to become entangled in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australian photographer Jono Allen has captured what many may never see in a lifetime: a white humpback whale calf – an animal born with a lack of pigmentation so rare it occurs in just 1 in 40,000 ...

Officials say the whale could roll in the surf, posing a danger to beachgoers Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty A 9-foot, 11-ton humpback whale washed ashore in California's Newport Beach ...

A dead humpback whale who washed ashore in Newport Beach earlier this week was washed back out to sea with the rising tides Thursday night. On Friday morning, scientists located the whale and were ...

On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda. They lowered a primitive ...

A dead juvenile humpack whale that washed up in Newport Beach could be removed Friday by crews using a boat to tow the 10-ton carcass back out to sea. The whale washed up near 11th Street about 1:45 p ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dead humpback whale washed ashore along a popular stretch of Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, drawing crowds of onlookers ...

A dead humpback whale washed ashore along a popular stretch of Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, drawing crowds of onlookers and prompting safety warnings as authorities work to determine how the ...