A massive sea creature had a “friendly encounter” with boaters off the coast of California, and the group is calling the moment “wonderful,” a whale watching company said. The “rare” sight happens ...

A pod of humpback whales displayed a brilliant and beautiful feeding method that uses bubbles to corral fish off the coast of Montauk, New York. Michael Cuomo, a Montauk-based photographer who ...

A well-known humpback whale has returned to the waters of the Salish Sea, this time with a new calf in tow. The whale, identified as BCY0324, or “Big Mama,” got her namesake for being the mother of ...

Better understanding how humpbacks and other whales see could inspire “strategies for making fishing gear more visible” and ...

In this newest sanctuary, NOAA partners with an Indigenous tribe to protect vital marine habitat and sacred places.

Being in the water with a sleeping humpback is an amazing experience. But even as it slept, this whale was aware of the ...

The haunting calls and thunderous fin slaps of humpback whales may be doing more than captivating tourists and they are ...

Feelings of awe inspired tourists to improve recycling habits, reduce waste production, and support ocean conservation ...

Scientists teamed up to investigate how to best keep herring from spawning on kelp grown by ocean farmers in Alaska. Each ...

The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them ...

The accompanying footage shows Erica Sackrison of Gone Whale Watching San Diego interacting with an especially inquisitive ...