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This is the stunning moment a huge humpback whale breaches from the water. The mammal, which can weigh up to 35 tonn ...

A whale has been spotted making waves at Britain's top surfing capital in an incredible video that shows it playfully slapping the water with its fin. The humpback was seen by excited witness ...

It’s a long journey to get there from the UK, with the last leg made by jumping on board a small ... of a rapidly growing population of humpback whales. Animals once hunted to just a few hundred ...

Recently researchers learned of a whale's huge achievement of going around 8,106 miles (13,046 kilometers) across the globe for a particular purpose. According to researchers, a male humpback ...

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A humpback whale has got into difficulty after becoming entangled in rope at a fish farm off Skye. Organic Sea Harvest said it had suspended normal operations at its Invertote site in the north of ...

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that was caught up in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. The mammal was spotted by a member of the public being in difficulty at the Invertote salmon ...

He says the global humpback population has increased ... maritime animals between 2008 and 2017. Kato says whales are known to jump out of the water in reaction to the sound of boat engines.

Sightings of humpback whales cruising the British coast are rising – and causing debate amongst conservationists researching the cause He’s been leading wildlife expeditions along the North ...

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.

Rescuers have freed a whale that became entangled in a rope at a fish farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the humpback in difficulty at the Invertote salmon farm and ...