This state park in South Carolina is wildly overlooked even though it's home to a mysterious cavern and incredible panoramic ...

Humpback whales are some of the most intelligent creatures humans have ever had the chance to observe. However, researchers have encountered a bit of a conundrum with these massive sea-bound ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

Humpback whales may be communicating with humans in a playful way, according to researchers who have been studying the marine mammals' behavior. Researchers from the SETI Institute, a Silicon ...

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis has documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing ...

Researchers found that the significantly large eye size of humpback whales does not equal a more advanced ability to see. In fact, the vision of the whales was measured at much lower levels than had ...

Humpback Whales Can’t See as Well as Scientists Thought, and It Might Explain Why They Keep Getting Tangled in Fishing Gear Despite having big eyes, the whales can’t make out details of ...

Surprise baby whale sightings along a busy 'humpback highway' prompt new worries Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy “humpback highway” off Australia.

Some humpback whales are born in warmer waters. Others are born on the way. That’s what a study in Frontiers in Marine Science seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that hundreds of East Australian ...

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles Hundreds of calves have been born outside known breeding grounds near Australia. By Laura Baisas Published May 20, 2025 12:00 AM EDT ...

A version of this article appears in print on May 27, 2025, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Vulnerable Giants: Humpback Whales Can’t See Dangerous Threats Ahead.

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations to tropical waters aren't as essential as previously thought for giving birth: calves can be born as far south as Tasmania or New Zealand, 1,500 km ...