All told, it was a six-year project to get Finny’s skeleton hung in the museum. It took five years to do so for the museum’s humpback whale. Like Finny, many beloved specimens had nicknames.

Research Reveals Whales Evolved in Three Rapid Phases, Their Ancestors Crawled Out of the Sea 400 Million Years Ago A recent research revealed a remarkable story of whale evolution—how these ...

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Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

Federal wildlife officials say two humpback whales were recently freed of life-threatening entanglements in fishing lines in separate incidents off Maui. One was a subadult whale with 200 feet of ...

In the icy waters of Antarctica, a gripping spectacle unfolded as a brave duo of humpback whales intervened in a killer whale hunt, leaving spectators awestruck. Humpback Whale via Unsplash. There is ...

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A humpback whale was spotted leaping from the water off the Sussex coast. Kitty Dale spotted the whale from Hastings seafront yesterday, January 3. She said: "I’d just had lunch at the White ...

State officials said the body of a whale calf was found on a Maui beach Friday. Courtesy photo State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on ...

A humpback whale in the Isles of Scilly "put on a show" for visitors, leaving them in awe. Molly Wates, who lives in West Sussex, said it was an "unbelievable" sight as the breaching whale emerged ...

A tourist visiting the Isles of Scilly said seeing the humpback whale was like something from a dream A humpback whale in the Isles of Scilly "put on a show" for visitors, leaving them in awe.

All told, it was a six-year project to get Finny's skeleton hung in the museum. It took five years to do so for the museum's humpback whale. Like Finny, many beloved specimens had nicknames.