humpback

Humpback whale caught in fishing rope freed off Massachusetts:

by

A young humpback whale was freed from entanglement in fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts on Sunday. The Provincetown-based Center for Coastal Studies said boaters spotted the “relatively small whale” struggling in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which encompasses 842 square miles between Cape Ann and Cape Cod. The Marine Animal Entanglement Response … Read more

2 humpback whales swam record-breaking distance between breeding grounds, photos reveal

by

A pair of humpback whales swam between the eastern shores of Australia and breeding grounds in Brazil, research published on Wednesday found. The distances of the journeys are the greatest ever recorded. The work by a team of international scientists used tens of thousands of images taken of whale tales to identify the two vast … Read more