One of the world’s largest mammals, the humpback whale is an incredible species for many reasons. They may even be the ocean’s protectors. Researchers have witnessed humpback whales intervening during ...

The 10m-long mammal, which weighs several tonnes, became stranded in shallow waters off Timmendorfer Strand beach on Monday.

A GIANT humpback whale is fighting for its life after becoming stranded in shallow waters off Germany’s Baltic coast. Rescuers are now locked in a desperate race against time to save the ...

Conceptual summary on the utility of the cumulative Habitat Compression Index as an rate tracker of thermal habitat availability pertaining to ecosystem shifts (involving humpback whales and their ...

A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has freed itself for a third time, a ...

A young humpback whale, stranded on a sandbar in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea near Germany, is at the center of an urgent rescue effort, as officials warn the animal could die if it isn’t freed ...

Humpback in the Senyavin Strait in far eastern Russia. When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five years looking for ...

A young humpback whale stranded in the Baltic Sea off Germany’s northern coast is showing clear signs of deterioration, with marine experts warning that the chances of it successfully returning to ...

Rescuers have abandoned hope for a stranded humpback whale off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, expecting it to die in the inlet ...

New research finds climate change is having an impact on how large whale species, including the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, use habitats in the warming Gulf of Maine, showing ...

A humpback whale known to locals since 2004 was found dead on Nov. 8. Vessel collisions have become a major threat to humpback whales in the region. By Lauren McCarthy The death of a humpback whale is ...