Despite having big eyes, the whales can't make out details of objects more than a few body lengths away, according to a new ...

Whale researchers have new data about humpback whales giving birth along a busy “humpback highway” off Australia.

Researchers in Australia found records of humpback whale calves more than 900 miles farther south than expected ...

Humpback whale calves are now known to be born as far south as Tasmania and New Zealand—932 miles beyond their traditional ...

New research reveals that humpback whales are giving birth much farther south than previously thought, raising concerns about ...

These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters.

Despite their massive size and large eyes, humpback whales may not see their ocean world as clearly as once thought.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and Duke University have discovered that humpback whales ...

There’s no maternity leave for whale mothers who give birth early – they just have to keep swimming with their calves until ...

Humpback whales are now migrating north to their warmer breeding waters — but some of them will give birth as far south as ...

The research team documented 209 records of newborn calves, including 11 births, 41 strandings, and 168 live sightings, ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science challenges long-held beliefs about humpback migration.