This incident comes just weeks after a high-speed passenger ferry struck another humpback, a calf, near Vancouver in English ...

Getty Image When venturing out on a whale-watching tour, you hope and pray to see some whales. However, when you see the ...

A whale-watching company says one of its vessels made contact with a humpback whale that “suddenly and unexpectedly surfaced” ...

It’s well known that cargo vessels and whales don’t mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the majestic creatures. However, between high-profile accidents, careful ...

It’s unclear whether the humpback found on Keats Island is the victim of a strike by a whale-watching vessel last week.

“We have a reasonable estimate that the eastern Australian humpback population was at least 30,000 whales prior to the last ...

Marine mammal care centers worry NOAA furloughs and cuts over a longer period could reduce oversight for ocean creatures.

An estimated 90 percent of all traded goods travel by sea, where vessels tap into a vast network of shipping routes that connect even the most far-flung places. But humans aren’t the only ones ...

Scientists warn that the changes go beyond economics. Humpbacks help keep ocean ecosystems healthy by circulating nutrients through their migrations — so when their numbers and size drop, the entire ...

A 26-foot humpback whale that was found deceased and entangled in commercial mussel-farming gear this week off Huntington Beach washed ashore Saturday morning just south of the city pier. On Friday, ...

The death of a pregnant right whale that apparently was struck by a Navy ship off the Virginia coast and bled to death has prompted calls for speed limits for commercial and military ships along the ...

It’s well known that cargo vessels and whales don’t mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the majestic creatures. However, between high-profile accidents, careful ...