Despite the previous belief that these huge cetaceans reproduced in tropical waters after traveling long distances from the ...

Each year, humpback whales migrate predictably between cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds and warm, tropical calving grounds ...

The humpback whale has the whale equivalent of nearsightedness, which puts it at risk of being snarled in fishing gear.

Humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae) are master migrators. Some populations of this baleen whale species travel upwards of 5,000 miles per year from colder waters to feed, towards warmer tropical ...

Whales can also help cycle nutrients in the ocean when they disturb the seabed as they feed. Gray whales ( Eschrichtius robustus ), for example, are known to forage for invertebrates on the seafloor ...

M., passed three large schools of porpoises all busy learning their lessons. When the Megaptera boops were sighted the entire crew quit work for the time being, the pleasure of watching a ...