Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, these marine mammals once walked ... These are called baleen whales, which include blue whales and humpback whales. Others ...

In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke ... pollution and underwater noise. Killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan escape Today there ...

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.

Elemans said the animals adapted their voice boxes over tens of millions of years to make sounds underwater. Hopeful signs for declining grey whale population Unlike humans and other mammals ...

Humpback whales, which are found in all the world’s oceans, are chiefly threatened by entanglements in fishing gear as well as ship strikes and underwater noise, according to the National ...