Both happened off the coast of Maui in separate incidents on Jan. 8 and 9. NOAA says the first entanglement, involving a subadult whale, was reported by a Maui tour boat operator the morning of ...

Lines wrapped around a humpback whale in waters in Kahana off West Maui were cut as part of a whale rescue on Jan. 9. Another whale rescue took place on Jan. 8 off Lahaina. Courtesy photo Two ...

A total of 429 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i islands during the Hawaiian ...

Getty Two humpback whales swam to freedom after local responders helped the animals escape life-threatening entanglements. In separate incidents on Jan. 8 and 9, both off the coast of Maui ...

Over 400 volunteers for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and the Pacific Whale Foundation ...

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 ...

Chrissy Lovitt, a Lahaina boat captain, captured a heartwarming moment between two unlikely friends: her 11-year-old golden ...

Watch as a humpback whale tangled in fishing line was freed. Staff from the NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary found the whale swimming off the Maui coast before leaping ...