University of Queensland hearing tests conducted across kilometers of ocean off the Australian coast show humpback whales ...

Fred Sharpe has studied humpback whales in Alaska for more than three decades. He’s particularly interested in the sounds they make – and what they mean. Lately, the biologist has been focusing on the ...

People at the southern California Ventura Harbor were in for an amazing sight when a juvenile humpback whale swam right past them. Experts believe the young whale had separated from its pod and was ...

News of Australia’s “humpback comeback” is making waves globally. Numbers of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the nation’s east coast have rebounded to an estimated 50,000 from a historic ...

A humpback whale known to locals since 2004 was found dead on Nov. 8. Vessel collisions have become a major threat to humpback whales in the region. By Lauren McCarthy The death of a humpback whale is ...