With its cartilaginous body and cold blood, the whale shark is decidedly not a whale. But this shark is about as long as a ...

Over the last few weeks, multiple sightings of the magnificent humpback whale have been reported by people living along the coast. These 15-metre long animals have been spotted in growing numbers ...

Getty Two humpback whales swam to freedom after local responders helped the animals escape life-threatening entanglements. In separate incidents on Jan. 8 and 9, both off the coast of Maui ...

Sightings of humpback ... with the animal reclassified from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘least concern’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species database. The sighting of the whales in North ...

a humpback whale that washed up in a Highland loch possibly died after becoming caught up in creel fishing lines, say experts. The animal's carcass was found on sand banks in Loch Fleet National ...

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...

A humpback whale has been filmed splashing around just off the Kent coast, sparking excitement among animal lovers. In a video taken by Kyle Thacker, the majestic beast was spotted from afar ...

or they may be animals not making the full migration south to breed,' says Dr Sparling. Humpback Whales have been spotted around the English coast this week! One was spotted breaching along the ...

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale ... Center and the Ocean Animal Response and Research Alliance in Los Angeles examined the whale. They found significant ...

Federal wildlife officials say two humpback whales were recently ... or otherwise injured or distressed whale, is the best way to help the animal.” NOAA recommends following best practices ...