Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

MIAMI - "A massive explosion of water," that's how a fisherman described video he shot of a humpback whale breaching the ... not found close to Miami Beach on a regular basis, but they can be ...

After watching the clip, he called the whale's proximity to the beach an "anomaly" that may ... because there are more people on the water, the explosion of social media and smartphone cameras ...

Marine life researchers hope samples taken from a young humpback whale whose body washed ashore at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield on Thursday will offer more information into her cause of death.

While it may sound like something out of a nature documentary (or a science fiction movie), exploding whale carcasses are a real thing, and keeping them on the beach can quickly become a problem.