Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

Three humpback whales gave a majestic hello to some lucky people in Australia. Passengers and crew aboard a Barefoot Charters catamaran boat encountered the whales near Byron Bay, off New South Wales, ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia - Animal rescuers said they braved rough seas and powerful winds to free a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Australia during what they described as ...

Researchers in Australia have significant concerns about local humpback whale populations in the Southern Ocean due to recent shifts in migration patterns. The University of Queensland found that the ...

Authorities are in a race against time to find a juvenile humpback whale spotted multiple times along the NSW and Victorian coasts, which is entangled in ropes.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride. Scientists tracking humpbacks off the coast of Australia have ...