Prior research has shown that humpback whales use sounds for a wide variety of purposes, including communication with others of their kind, mating signals and sensory perception. Humpback whale ...

Human musicians must practise for thousands of hours to perfect their performance skills, and the same may be true for humpback whales. It is widely believed that male humpbacks (Megaptera ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

A humpback whale in the Isles of Scilly "put on a show ... You can listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds.

The death toll continues to rise amongst whales along Southern New England coastlines. On Wednesday, a juvenile humpback whale was stranded along Richmond Pond Beach in Westport. "This is the 13th ...