The database uses artificial intelligence to match the individual shapes and patterns of humpback whale tails, or flukes, thereby mapping their movements around the globe.

The adult male swam more than 8,000 miles from South America to Africa, most likely in search of a mate, researchers said. By Alexandra E. Petri A humpback whale set a record by traversing at ...

Brenda McCowan and her team from the University of California Davis engaged with a humpback whale ... human-like conversation patterns. Dr. McCowan, leading the Whale-SETI project, emphasized ...

have provided new insight into the lives of whales, from their migration patterns to their social behaviors. “It’s one of the longest ongoing scientific studies of humpback whales in the world ...