In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group dissected and tested the left eye of a humpback whale. After cutting open the eye of the juvenile whale ...

Big Mama, a well-known humpback whale, was seen in the Haro Strait with her eighth calf. Getty Images/iStockphoto The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the ...

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Run-ins with humans are a leading cause of death ...

The dissection revealed that humpback whales have a surprisingly low density of these cells, especially compared to humans. The whale had, at most, 180 retinal ganglion cells per square millimeter ...

NSRI craft were used in attempting to get the 7m humpback whale into deeper water. Photos: Chanel Visser A juvenile humpback whale weighing about five tons that stranded at Robberg Nature Reserve ...

The longest humpback whale migration ever recorded was 8,106 miles, from South America to Africa, though more typical distances are around 5,000 miles. In the Southern Hemisphere, humpbacks head ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday ...