But three years after the first humpback showed up dead off the coast of Virginia Beach in January 2016, scientists at Virginia Beach aquarium think they’ve figured what might be killing the whales.

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Humpback whales are already known for complex songs, acoustic variety, and cooperative social structures. But the idea that they may initiate communication with humans voluntarily opens up a new ...

The whale was about eight meters (25 feet) long, Jacobs said, indicating it was still "quite young". The rope appeared to be tangled around the whale's left pectoral fin, she said.

In the vast Pacific Ocean, a dramatic and unexpected rescue unfolds as a pod of hungry killer whales attacks a defenseless baby blue whale. With no sign of its mother, the baby whale is helpless ...

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis has documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing ...

Researchers found that the significantly large eye size of humpback whales does not equal a more advanced ability to see. In fact, the vision of the whales was measured at much lower levels than had ...

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama was seen with her baby Wednesday, May 21, in the Haro Strait ...

Humpback Whales Can’t See as Well as Scientists Thought, and It Might Explain Why They Keep Getting Tangled in Fishing Gear Despite having big eyes, the whales can’t make out details of ...

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles Hundreds of calves have been born outside known breeding grounds near Australia. By Laura Baisas Published May 20, 2025 12:00 AM EDT ...

There was another dead humpback whale that was spotted floating off the Virginia Beach coast in February 2023. “On the average, four to five humpback whales strand a year along the South ...

MONTEREY, Calif. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the Large Whale Entanglement Response Network freed a humpback whale that had been entangled in crab traps ...