In August 2022, a male humpback whale astonished marine scientists by appearing off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, after embarking on an extraordinary journey spanning at least 13,046 kilometers ...

Ekaterina Kalashnikova The same whale just off Zanzibar, photographed in 2022 Dr Kalashnikova said it was very likely the longest distance a humpback whale had ever been recorded travelling.

Humpback whales make some of the longest migrations of any known species, with one individual travelling over 8,000 miles across three oceans from Columbia to Zanzibar. This means that the whales ...

a Tanzanian village in Zanzibar, in the southwest Indian Ocean. (a) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), observed in the Gulf of Tribugá, northern Colombian Pacific, on 10 July 2013.

Rescuers have freed a humpback whale that became entangled in rope at a salmon farm off the Isle of Skye. A member of the public spotted the animal in distress at the Invertote farm at around 8 ...

In the latest study, scientists conducted dedicated surveys aboard research vessels throughout the breeding season between July and September in Zanzibar and from July to October in Colombia, ...

A male humpback whale set a migration record, swimming over 8,100 miles from South America to Africa, likely seeking a mate. This unprecedented journey, tracked via Happy Whale, marks the first ...

A collision with an ocean vessel may have been what killed a humpback whale that washed ashore in Huntington Beach last week, according to officials with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.