Humpback Whales

Positioned near the side of her head, the eye provides an expansive field of vision, while a thick layer of protective blubber shields it from harm and maintains warmth.

A juvenile humpback whale was freed Friday after it was entangled in ropes and buoys in the harbour of Australia's largest city for 22 hours.

In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their tails out of the icy waters so she can take a photographic "fingerprint" of the unique colors and patterns that allow researchers to identify individuals of t

It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Now scientists have finally figured out how these filter-feeding marine mammals do it.

The researchers placed an underwater speaker in the sea and played a recorded humpback ''contact call'' to which a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled their boats.

He was filmed within 15 meters of the whale, using a mobile phone to capture the distressed behaviours of the whale.

While the 55-year-old was cruising along the water at Mona Vale beach, a humpback whale leapt out of the water and landed on top of him.

Such rescue operations are extremely dangerous as the team deals with large animals weighing up to 30 tonnes, along with sea and weather conditions.

Don Clavin, the supervisor of Hempstead Town, said that the enormous mammal is the first of its sort to have appeared in the area in recent years.

A father and son duo experienced a great fishing trip on Wednesday when a gigantic humpback whale broke the surface inches from them.

No one was injured in the incident and the boat was not seriously injured, local officials said.

Footage of the incident, recorded by an onlooker, makes it seem like the two were nearly swallowed by the whale. Thankfully, they just tipped over and ended up in water after the whale left.

A man from the United States has recalled how he nearly died last year, after being swallowed by a giant humpback whale.

A spectacular underwater footage shared on YouTube shows a diver getting surrounded by around 50 orcas in Norway. It was shot by nature movie photographer Didier Noirot.

A rare humpback whale was rescued by a group of Spanish divers who saved the large mammal from a fishing net it got entangled in.

Positioned near the side of her head, the eye provides an expansive field of vision, while a thick layer of protective blubber shields it from harm and maintains warmth.

A juvenile humpback whale was freed Friday after it was entangled in ropes and buoys in the harbour of Australia's largest city for 22 hours.

In Antarctica, a scientist waits patiently for two frolicking humpback whales to poke their tails out of the icy waters so she can take a photographic "fingerprint" of the unique colors and patterns that allow researchers to identify individuals of t

It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Now scientists have finally figured out how these filter-feeding marine mammals do it.

The researchers placed an underwater speaker in the sea and played a recorded humpback ''contact call'' to which a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled their boats.

He was filmed within 15 meters of the whale, using a mobile phone to capture the distressed behaviours of the whale.

While the 55-year-old was cruising along the water at Mona Vale beach, a humpback whale leapt out of the water and landed on top of him.

Such rescue operations are extremely dangerous as the team deals with large animals weighing up to 30 tonnes, along with sea and weather conditions.

Don Clavin, the supervisor of Hempstead Town, said that the enormous mammal is the first of its sort to have appeared in the area in recent years.

A father and son duo experienced a great fishing trip on Wednesday when a gigantic humpback whale broke the surface inches from them.

No one was injured in the incident and the boat was not seriously injured, local officials said.

Footage of the incident, recorded by an onlooker, makes it seem like the two were nearly swallowed by the whale. Thankfully, they just tipped over and ended up in water after the whale left.

A man from the United States has recalled how he nearly died last year, after being swallowed by a giant humpback whale.

A spectacular underwater footage shared on YouTube shows a diver getting surrounded by around 50 orcas in Norway. It was shot by nature movie photographer Didier Noirot.

A rare humpback whale was rescued by a group of Spanish divers who saved the large mammal from a fishing net it got entangled in.