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 ...

Biologists trying to determine what killed a juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore on the Balboa Peninsula this week spent Thursday morning collecting valuable samples from its carcass. The ...

The study, published in the journal Frontiers, used 28 years of data and found that warming of the northern Atlantic Ocean is shifting the diets of fin, humpback, and minke whales. Whales in the St.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii’s first humpback whale count of 2026 recorded 158 fewer whales than the same period last year. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary reported ...

HONOLULU — More than 10,000 humpback whales migrate to Hawaii each winter to breed, nurse calves and raise their young. As kohola, or humpback whale, season reaches its peak in Hawaii, the Go Slow – ...

A mother humpback whale and her calf swim in waters off Maui. The whales come to Maui every winter as part of their migration cycle. Photo courtesy National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration The ...

For one population of whales, teamwork makes the dream work. In the Kitimat Fjord System in northern British Columbia, humpback whale counts have been growing at a rate of 6 to 8 percent per year; the ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Anyone and everyone on or around the waters of Lahaina on Maui is urged to be on the lookout for an emaciated humpback whale that was recently entangled. Palette, a 40-foot ...

28 years of data show that three whale species in the Gulf of St Lawrence may be dividing resources to survive in an ecosystem that’s changing under a warming climate and increased human encroachment ...