Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii, where they breed. There, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National ...

Birds surround a humpback whale in Beaufort Sea ... Kate Stafford speaks during the Alaska Marine Science Symposium on Jan. 30, 2025. Utqiaġvik whaler Michael Donovan said he did not witness ...

Timo Dersch had a close call with a humpback whale while freediving with orcas in the waters surrounding Norway ...

After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time ...

When whales migrate from their cold feeding grounds to warmer breeding waters, they carry tons of nutrients in their urine.

In the summer, adult whales feed at high latitudes—like Alaska, Iceland, and Antarctica)—putting on tons of fat, chowing down on krill and herring. According to recent research, North Pacific humpback ...

Thousands of humpback whales travel from a vast area where they feed in the Gulf of Alaska to a more restricted area in Hawaii, where they breed. There, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale ...

Humpback whales are protected species under U.S. law and are found in waters across the country including Alaska, mid-Atlantic, Pacific Islands, and West Coast among other areas, according to the ...