The current population has rebounded to nearly 80,000 humpback whales, up from a low point of 10,000 to 15,000. Commercial whaling reduced North Pacific’s humpback whale numbers to a few ...

A kayaker off the Chilean Patagonia had a very close encounter with a humpback whale. On Feb. 9, Adrian Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, in the Bahía El Águila area of ...

Community members reported the whale to the Kitty Hawk Police Department Friday morning. The deceased female juvenile humpback whale was 27.5 feet in length and weighed roughly 19,000 pounds.

An unlikely third encounter with the humpback happened in August 2022, when it was spotted off eastern Africa in a channel between Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. The whale would have had to cross ...

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest ...

Nearly 500 volunteers gathering data for the Sanctuary Ocean Count and Great Whale Count on Feb. 22 reported 262 humpback whale sightings from 9:30 to 9:45 a.m.

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest ...

(CNN) — A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a ...

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest ...