Whale, that’s something you don’t see every day. A humpback made a shocking splash beneath the Brooklyn Bridge Monday — marking the species’ first visit to the East River in two years.

UK wildlife watchers have been treated to an incredible spectacle in the first few weeks of this year as humpback whales make a splash in Britain's waters. The once-endangered whales have been ...

Humpback whales have been spotted making a splash on the UK's south coast. Wildlife watchers were treated to sights of the once-endangered whales off the Sussex coast, from Eastbourne to Hastings.

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

After being freed, “it began to swim and drive, showing all the great behavior we hope to see in a humpback,” an official said.

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

The advisory follows a recent incident on January 6, when a humpback whale was reported entangled in crab gear, and comes after a record high of four whale entanglements in Oregon crab gear in 2024.

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

Bex Allen from Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said monthly surveys show an increased number of humpback whales which she called "one of the greatest recovery stories". Whaling had reduced the humpback ...

This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has revealed that humpback whale songs follow the same pattern. In a study published Thursday in the ...