It's important that humpback whales be able to direct schools of small fish because they are toothless filter feeders. They use the bristly plates of baleen that line the perimeter of their upper ...

Baleen whales, such as humpbacks and blue ... fall under the category of toothed whales due to their genetic connection. Humpback Whales' Migratory Feast Humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere ...

A humpback whale and her calf swim together in Hawaiian waters where humpback whales give birth and prepare their young to go on their arduous trip to the Northwest Pacific and Alaska. Courtesy ...

A road-widening project has unearthed four new baleen whales species in Southern California’s Laguna Canyon. The fossil specimens, at 17 to 19 million years old, are the most recently evolved toothed ...

Many were humpback whales, which were listed as endangered in the 1970s and have been recovering since protections were put in place, the agency said. Environmental advocates sued California over ...

"The goal of the project is ultimately to make sure this population of humpback whales, which has always historically been the largest in the world, is still viable and has recovered to its full ...

Humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific use a combination of real-time environmental cues and memory of Antarctic conditions to time their migration, aligning it with the krill bloom.

Since 2016, necropsies were performed on 90 humpback whales that were found dead on the East Coast. NOAA reported about 40% had evidence of “human interaction,” either ship strikes or ...

Humpback whales can usually only be seen near the UK's coast in the first few months of the year, but there has been an increased number of sightings in 2025. Numerous videos have been shared on ...