Maui led Hawai‘i with 307 sightings during the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Great Whale Count on the last Saturday in March.

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time ...

After samples were collected, the whale was buried since it was "unable to be towed back to" the beach due to shallow water.

Humpback whales use memory and ocean cues to guide migration, but climate change may disrupt this strategy, warns researchers ...

Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient ...

“As the ocean changes, some species will be more affected than others,” Ryan said. “Compared to humpback whales, blue whales in the eastern North Pacific may be more vulnerable due to not ...

The study focused on a handful of baleen species — namely, gray whales, humpback whales and right whales — which display “traditional migratory patterns,” moving from colder waters in the summer to ...

According to recent research, North Pacific humpback whales gain about 30 pounds per day ... included in the primary calculations of the new study. In the Southern Ocean, blue whale populations are ...

Humpback whales are protected species under U.S. law and are found in waters across the country including Alaska, mid-Atlantic, Pacific Islands ... based harassment and ocean noise.

“Humpback whales and ... Atlantic right whales and North Pacific right whales are two species that are still critically endangered, and their influence on ocean ecosystems is greatly reduced.