Around 7,000 humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean may have starved to death following the disastrous effects of a marine heat wave, a new study reveals. From 20 years' worth of data ...

which prohibit vessels and other water-users from approaching a humpback whale within 100 yards. The current estimate on the population of humpbacks in the North Pacific is 22,000 individuals.

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. A whale watching ...

SCIENTISTS have possibly identified the first species other than humans to use unique sounds as building blocks for complex ...

The first calf of 2024 – likely three- to four-months old – and its mother, BCX1460 or Black Pearl, were first spotted in ...

In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their tails out of the icy waters so she can take a photographic “fingerprint” of the unique colours and ...

The calf, estimated to be around three and a half months old, was spotted with its mother, nickednamed Black Pearl, in the ...

the Pacific Whale Watch Association said in a news release. It was with its mom, a humpback whale named Black Pearl. Black Pearl and her calf are seen in this photo. Clint William / Eagle Wing ...