A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month. Sean Neilson/NOAA MMHSRP Permit No. 24359 hide caption ...

In an unprecedented scientific feat, researchers have bridged the gap between humans and humpback whales, achieving a ...

Humpback whales are some of the largest creatures on Earth and live in every one of the planet’s oceans. Their seasonal ...

A group of scientists had a "conversation" with a humpback whale in Alaska — and they hope principles learned from it will someday help communicate with aliens. The team was assembled by the ...

A humpback whale breaches in Kenai Fjords National Park on June 12, 2013. Humpback whales, with their distinctive fins, are being increasingly spotted farther north in Arctic waters used by ice ...

Two Southeast Alaska residents first spotted the whale on Oct. 10 off the coast of Gustavus, which is surrounded by Glacier Bay National Park. How Alaska wildlife officials saved a humpback whale ...

In a photo provided by Adam Pack and NOAA, the humpback whale Old Timer is seen in Frederick Sound in Southeast Alaska, on July 29, 2024. Old Timer, a male first photographed in 1972, was spotted ...

This paddleboarder had an over-whale-ming encounter. Dramatic photos captured the moment a massive humpback whale and a “puny” Alaska man came face-to-face in the Prince Williams Sound off the ...

A humpback whale appeared in front of an Alaskan paddleboarder as he was floating on Prince William Sound. The whale calmly glided away in a close encounter that could have gone south.

A young humpback whale entangled in heavy ropes and buoys and anchored by a 300-pound crab pot was successfully saved by Alaskan rescuers.. Two local residents spotted the whale on 10 October near ...

Qaiyaan Harcharek was hunting for bowhead whales in the spring of 2007 when he first saw a humpback whale in the waters off Utqiaġvik, his hometown and the nation’s farthest north community. He ...

First spotted in 1972, Old Timer is now a male of at least 53 years, making him “the oldest known humpback whale in the world,” said Pack, who is also the co-founder and president of The ...