The Hawaiian Islands humpback whale population is a large source of tourism for the islands due to the number of whale ...

A photographer called rescue teams to save a whale after noticing fishing lines embedded in its skull.

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 ...

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

Dead, 11-ton humpback whale washes up on California beach as officials warn locals to stay away: ‘It’s massive’ - Officials say the whale’s carcass could shift unexpectedly in the surf ...

Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a warm summer day at Wurim Beach, 17-year-old Charlie Zamuda entered the water and never came home. Her death shocked Queensland and quickly became part of a troubling pattern - three fatal shark ...