Humpback whales reach sexual maturity between 4 and 10 years old, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Calves stay near their mom for up to a year before weaning ...

Daniel Palacios, director of the center’s right whale ecology program, said discovery of an eleventh calf "is a bright spot." ...

An extremely rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted near Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an event witnesses described Thursday as a “once in a lifetime experience”. Believed to be ...

A humpback whale and her calf swim together in Hawaiian waters where humpback whales give birth and prepare their young to go on their arduous trip to the Northwest Pacific and Alaska. Courtesy ...

A “smart and curious” 11-year-old golden retriever named Macy got to meet a humpback ... would join her mom when she was a captain on the Molokai Ferry, according to the whale-watching group ...