popular humpback, those who knew her recalled the spectacular shows she put on for whale watchers last year. The whale had distinctive scarring on its dorsal fin that indicated it may have had ...

Biologists found significant blunt-force trauma on the right side of the head of a 3-year-old whale and suspect it was hit by ...

hooked dorsal fin,” the NOAA said. They are the world’s second-largest whale species. Seventeen humpback whales and thirty Risso’s dolphins were also seen between the two trips on Jan. 2 ...

comparing it to a photo catalog of known humpback whales in the region. To make the identification, biologists need clear ...

The humpback that washed ... the juvenile whale was also the easiest to spot because of its distinctive scarring along its dorsal fin — a harbinger of the mammal’s tragic death.

A “rare” sea creature sighting was captured off the coast of California. During whale watching trips on Jan. 2, onlookers saw a fin whale and a minke whale, which are “rare sightings for ...