Humpback whale songs share structural similarities with human language, suggesting complex communication patterns.

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication of all other species. However, research published in Science has uncovered ...

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

The other was an adult humpback whale with a mouth entanglement, and heavy-gauge, fishing line wrapped tight around its body, including its right pectoral flipper. Ultimate Whale Watch ...

Federal wildlife officials say two humpback whales were recently freed of life-threatening entanglements in fishing lines in separate incidents off Maui. One was a subadult whale with 200 feet of ...

Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

officials said people on shore and flying approved drones overhead reported an entangled adult humpback whale off Kahana, Maui. Officials said that whale also had a mouth entanglement, as well as ...

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback ... whale. When the responders reached the scene, The Maui News reported, the team discovered roughly 200 feet of gauge line circling the whale ...

On Jan. 9, people on shore and drones along the coastline reported an entangled adult humpback whale off of Kahana in West Maui. This animal also had a mouth entanglement with three tight wraps of ...

They then swim upward with their mouths open wide to feed on the fish. Modern (and pre-modern) commercial whaling dangerously depleted humpback populations, though the species has shown remarkable ...