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 ...

Researchers come 'eye-to-eye with a killer whale' during their Antarctic expedition.

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 ...

New humpback whale study shows older male whales were more likely to become fathers and younger males were less likely to do ...

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

The winners of the World Nature Photography Awards have been announced, so take a look at some of these incredible pics!

Over time, humpbacks that hadn’t practised bubble-net feeding joined experienced hunters, most likely learning the behaviour socially instead of relying on instinct.

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 ...

Humpback whales appeared to make an early return from migration in February — and one captain in Santa Barbara captured the moment on video, sparking excitement in the marine wildlife online community ...

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 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 ...