"Possible causes include global climate change, extreme environmental events, and evolutionary mechanisms of the species.” Scientists sound alarm after documenting unprecedented behavior in humpback ...

A particularly distressing consequence of krill fishing is its connection to humpback whale pregnancies. A study published by researchers at the University of California last year found that 86 ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

By Bobby Bascomb Nearly all of Antarctica’s iconic wildlife, from penguins to seals and whales, depend on krill, tiny ...

Wildlife watchers were treated to sights of the once-endangered whales off the Sussex coast, from Eastbourne to Hastings.

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 ...

Incredible photos of a whale and a dolphin “surfing” together very close to the north Cornwall coast have been captured on camera.

One theory is that climate change is altering the abundance of the tiny shrimplike krill humpback whales feed on, forcing them to travel further in search of food. Alternatively, whales may be ...

Footage of humpback whales captured by drones has revealed how the animals manoeuvre their whole bodies when they feed. As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale ...

In Hawaiʻi, the team discovered that on average, humpback whale mothers lose nearly 214 pounds of blubber per day. Over a 60-day period, this is equivalent to losing roughly 50 tons of krill ...

Humpback whales, which can weigh up to 40 tons and ... In addition to small fish, their meals include krill, which are shrimp-like crustaceans they eat by straining water through bristly baleen ...