This very lucky swimmer had slipped into the water near a mother humpback and her newborn baby, hoping for a close look and a few photographs. The whale pushes her baby to the surface for its ...

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama was seen with her baby Wednesday, May 21, in the Haro Strait ...

a baby humpback whale with a hankering for milk lets its mother hear it. According to a new study published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, hungry humpback ...

Humpback whales are giving birth far beyond their known tropical calving zones—some as far south as Tasmania and New Zealand.

The recovery of the humpback whale population suggests we may have been mistaken about their birthing grounds — tropical ...

a white humpback whale calf swimming with its mother in turquoise blue sea Drone operator Jaydyn Mathewson spied the pale whale in late July, gliding alongside its mother through the turquoise ...

Researchers say these results overturn long-held beliefs about humpback migration, and that — to protect these unexpected baby whales — we need to improve awareness of expanded calving areas.

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales ... we’re seeing is mother whales with calves ...

Big Mama, a well-known humpback whale, was seen in the Haro Strait with her eighth calf. Getty Images/iStockphoto The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the ...