A sperm whale that was entangled in ropes has died after it became stranded on a shore of the island of Raasay. The 15m-long (49ft) animal was spotted in difficulty off nearby Skye on Thursday.

Whales can become caught in rope that runs between shellfish creels on the seabed to a buoy on the surface. Trials have been done using "ropeless creels" which have the main line in a container along ...

A dead whale was spotted Monday, March 31, in the Indian River Bay and is expected to be towed to the shore. Lewes' Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute posted to its Facebook ...

A South Carolina-based nonprofit reported finding a dead humpback whale in a “pretty remote area” near North Myrtle Beach. The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network responded to a juvenile whale ...

A new study led by McGill University researchers indicates that humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific combine real-time environmental cues with their memories of conditions in their ...

Heartbreaking footage has surfaced showing a humpback whale calf struggling to free itself from a netting that seems hopelessly wrapped around its head off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The footage ...

Humpback whales are a significant member of the Rorqual family, a group of baleen whales, but they are not the largest; the blue whale holds that title. These impressive creatures typically range ...

A humpback whale has been spotted off the region's coastline by fishermen. The giant mammal was captured on video breaching the water in the North Sea just off the coast of Suffolk. Jay Barnes was on ...

New York City’s waterways are running red as fatal boat strikes become a growing threat to the booming marine life population — a sick reality that killed a celebrity whale and dolphin so far ...

Local tour boat operators are experiencing an unexpected tourism surge thanks to annual visitors that have been making the journey long before humans arrived on the islands – humpback whales.