We humans love to put things in boxes, but nature doesn’t make it easy, which is why we’re constantly discovering new-to-science things right under our noses. Most lately that includes a new kind of ...

A review of the best available scientific information for assessing the status of the humpback whale. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-474. This review presents the best available scientific information for ...

Humpback whales are known for their ingenious hunting tactics. One of the most sophisticated strategies involves as many as 20 whales working together to create a “net” of bubbles underwater that rise ...

Researchers say the findings support recognizing the Arabian Sea population as a fourth humpback subspecies, Megaptera novaeangliae indica. The study was published in Frontiers in Marine Science.

In absolute terms, the tail of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is the largest in the animal kingdom. Comprising two lobes (or “flukes”), a fully grown tail is as wide as a giraffe is tall, ...

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible ...

The North American Conservation Action Plan (NACAP) developed for the humpback whale resulted from a tri-national workshop hosted by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation ...

Cada año imponentes ballenas jorobadas (Megaptera novaeangliae) cruzan por el Pacífico mexicano, procedentes de Alaska, arriban en busca de la calidez de sus aguas, en donde apacibles se alimentan y ...

Kuprotuosius banginius (Megaptera novaeangliae) stebintys mokslininkai paskelbė užfiksavę naują įveikto atstumo rekordą ...