Despite having big eyes, the whales can't make out details of objects more than a few body lengths away, according to a new ...

Humpback whales give birth while migrating and carry their young while traveling, reveals new research. The findings suggest ...

A new study shattered all preconceived understandings regarding the migration, feeding, and breeding patterns of humpback ...

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations to tropical waters aren't as essential as previously thought for giving birth: ...

These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters.

The humpback whale has the whale equivalent of nearsightedness, which puts it at risk of being snarled in fishing gear.

Cronin also notes that nets may be even harder for whales to discern because northern coastal waters where migratory whales ...

A team of marine biologists at the University of North Carolina and Duke University has found humpback whales have poorer ...

New research reveals that humpback whales are giving birth much farther south than previously thought, raising concerns about ...

Humpback whales are now migrating north to their warmer breeding waters — but some of them will give birth as far south as ...

Humpback whales are not always born in tropical waters, new research has shown -- challenging long-held assumptions about their breeding and migration behaviors, while raising new questions for marine ...

In South Africa, a young humpback was rescued from lines anchoring it to the seafloor near Miller’s Point, later reuniting ...