Newborn humpback whales can measure more than 15 feet from nose to tail fluke and weigh as much as full-grown giraffes. But these hefty calves still need to pack on the pounds quickly to reach ...

State officials said the body of a whale calf was found on a Maui beach Friday. Courtesy photo State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on ...

Birth rates decline Studies document a 76.5% decline in mother-calf encounter rates in Hawaiʻi between 2013 and 2018, with birth rates declining by 80% from 2015 to 2016. In Southeast Alaskan ...

Each year, humpback ... that humpback whale populations are flourishing due to successful conservation efforts, although this is not certain. As Meteored explained, this data and analysis could be key ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — A juvenile female humpback whale washed ashore Friday, the Kitty Hawk Police Department said in a social media post. The whale was found near the Bennett Street Beach Access.

Prior research has shown that humpback ... multiple baby whales during certain behaviors such as nursing, playing and simply sitting idle. This allowed them to note patterns in the way the whales ...

MIAMI - "A massive explosion of water," that's how a fisherman described video he shot of a humpback whale breaching the water off Key Biscayne earlier this week. Ryan Preston was with a group of ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

A humpback whale cruised incognito alongside his vessel until its slick black body shot out of the ocean like a rocket before belly flopping in a spectacular breach in waters so close to the shore ...

Fisherman Michael Lee of Jupiter got video of a humpback whale breaching off the coast in December 2024. News Sports Restaurants Entertainment Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...

Federal and state officials are recovering the carcass of a humpback whale calf from the shores of Kihei, Maui. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says it is a deceased humpback ...