An endangered humpback whale was recently spotted showing severe injuries from an apparent collision with a boat near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Learn about how scientists are using AI-powered photo recognition technology to track humpback whale migration ...

Sydney commuters watched from an idling boat this month as humpback whales the size of buses surfaced nearby, halting the ...

A pod of humpback whales encountered a group of killer whales during feeding time off the coast of California. On June 24, a ...

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 ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

To get a glimpse of how whales communicate, the new study explored 12 bubble ring production episodes that were obtained by citizen scientists and researchers. These events involved 39 bubble rings ...

Humpback whale (M. novaeangliae) eye used in this study. Frontal plane (a) and sagittal plane (b) of the eye are shown, as well as the bisected eye (c) following removal of the retina.

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

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 ...

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations to tropical waters aren't as essential as previously thought for giving birth: calves can be born as far south as Tasmania or New Zealand, 1,500 km ...