Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

BOSTON (AP) — The sun was starting to dip low on the horizon off Nantucket island when fishing buddies Nicholas Whitbeck and Joe Tormay spotted what they thought was a dead whale. Squinting closer, ...

Scientists are trying to decode why humpback whales can be observed hanging around with their mouth open, with no apparent ...

Heater didn’t own a wet suit, but he had grown up near the Pacific and served in the U.S. Navy. He closed up the escape room ...