People on a whale watching expedition were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience on Sunday, April 6, as a humpback whale rose out of the water within feet of their boat. The curious whale, ...

COROLLA, N.C. — The female humpback whale carcass that washed up in Corolla Thursday is now on the beach and undergoing an external exam and necropsy. Officials with the North Carolina Aquariums ...

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 ...

INDIAN RIVER BAY, DE - A dead humpback whale found in the Indian River Bay last week has finally been washed back out to sea. The whale was first discovered in the shallow waters of the Indian ...

The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says in a ...

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COROLLA, N.C. — A young humpback whale was found stranded on a sandbar in Corolla on the Outer Banks Thursday, officials said. The female whale weighed about 30 tons and was more than 33 feet long.

The whale has been identified as a female juvenile humpback. The OBX Marine Mammal Stranding Network responded to the beach across from the Outer Banks Wildlife Education Center about 11 a.m ...

A mother and calf humpback whale near Maui. A new short film at the Maui Ocean Center showcases the first humpback whales to return to Lahaina after the 2023 wildfires. Photographer and Maui resident ...

A gray whale pushes her calf to the surface in Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, on Feb. 21, 2021. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ...