They are big. They are beautiful. And they are back. The return of the humpback whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is ...

The plight of two humpback whales entangled in fishing lines off the coast of Nova Scotia is not uncommon, says an official with the Marine Animal Response Society. "It's not a rare event," said ...

Drone footage shows a baby humpback splashing kayakers in the waters nears Maroubra in New South Wales, Australia Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, ...

A humpback whale entangled in fishing gear was spotted Friday west of Winchester Bay, the Oregon Department of Fish and ...

Even nearly two weeks after the humpback whale—which had stranded multiple times on the Baltic Sea coast—was released, there ...

It was not immediately clear if the whale was Timmy, the humpback whale that captivated Germany for weeks while getting ...

The entrepreneur-funded rescue effort said that it had fitted the previously stranded whale with a tracking device but this ...

I love sharing interesting and unexpected observations on animal behavior, especially those that are baffling to the scientists themselves. Along these lines, I just learned of a fascinating essay by ...

Like many children, a baby humpback whale was recently overtaken by the immediate urge to play. Drone footage recently taken by Shaun Arthurson in the waters around New South Wales, Australia, shows ...

Drone footage shows a baby humpback splashing kayakers in the waters nears Maroubra in New South Wales, Australia A humpback whale calf may be a large animal, but it's still a kid Like many children, ...