humpback whale

The search is on for an entangled, injured humpback whale in the waters somewhere off the southern California coast.

A commercial lobster diver was injured when he said he was swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Cape Cod Friday. Michael Packard was in the whale’s closed mouth for 30-40 seconds, he said.

The whale was spotted last week, feeding in the Bay and now several people have reported seeing the same whale in the area.

Marine life experts said the first humpback whale of the year is swimming in the San Francisco Bay.

Not far from the Intrepid, a Humpback whale burst out of the Hudson River and delighted New Yorkers but experts say they’re worried for the whale because of boat traffic. Whale sightings in the Hudson aren’t common, but they do happen. They’re usually just following the fish, according to marine experts. The last time a whale swam through the...

California wildlife regulators have postponed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing gear

People out whale watching on the Monterey Bay last weekend witnessed a rare sight: three humpback whales breaching within a matter of seconds of each other.

People out whale watching on Monterey Bay last weekend witnessed a stunning sight: three humpback whales breaching within a matter of seconds of each other.

A team specifically trained to respond to whale entanglements freed a humpback whale from commercial fishing gear in Monterey Bay on Monday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A dead humpback whale washed up at Baker Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to the Marine Mammal Center.

A rescue team helped free a young humpback whale that was tangled in fishing gear south of San Francisco days after a fisherman first spotted it, a conservation group said Tuesday. The team in a small inflatable boat in Monterey Bay attached five large, hot-pink buoys to the fishing line to slow down the whale and keep it near the…

A crew member on a whale watching boat in Dana Point used a drone Sunday to capture a baby humpback whale throwing a fit.

Officials were working to corral a whale back into the ocean Saturday after the marine mammal somehow became stuck in the Ventura Harbor.

A humpback whale was badly entangled in a rope and had suffered bites from a circling great white off the Massachusetts coastline, but it swam free on Saturday thanks to a quick response from a rescue team.

A humpback whale washed ashore near Watsonville on Sunset State Beach Thursday night.