Tag: humpback whales

California’s Dungeness crab season will be delayed for the fourth year in a row to protect humpback whales. The whales can become trapped in the lines attached to commercial crab...

Climate change is altering when whales are most active in Cape Cod Bay, an important habitat within the Gulf of Maine. But rather than being active sooner and taking advantage...

California is halting commercial Dungeness crab fishing after two humpback whales were seen entangled in crab fishing gear. “The past few seasons have been difficult for fishing families, communities and...

Drones and special underwater cameras fitted onto humpback whales have captured dual-perspective shots of the marine mammals feeding using a bubble-net strategy off the coast of southeast Alaska. Bubble-net feeding...

Whale-watching has been a fast-growing tourist activity in Peru. The country’s 2,414-kilometer coastline gives visitors plenty of access to humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the waters where they nurse during...