State officials were notified Friday morning of a newborn humpback whale calf that was found dead on a beach in Kihei.

A new study has provided fresh insights into the vocalizations of young humpback whales, revealing what appears to be the first evidence for begging calls in baleen whales. The calf vocalizes and ...

But these hefty calves still need to pack on the pounds ... baby shows off its impressive lung capacity when hungry, a baby humpback whale with a hankering for milk lets its mother hear it.

A deceased humpback whale was found in Kihei the morning of Jan. 3, prompting a response from the DLNR Division of ...

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given birth to a new calf, scientists said. The mama orca, named J35 by ...

Birth rates decline Studies document a 76.5% decline in mother-calf encounter rates in Hawaiʻi between 2013 and 2018, with birth rates declining by 80% from 2015 to 2016. In Southeast Alaskan ...

Humpback whale calves communicate with their mothers with “burping, barking and snorting sounds,” according to a new study. Photo from Swanson Chan, UnSplash As many parents can attest ...

They then studied voicings across multiple baby whales during certain behaviors ... Behavioural context of call production in humpback whale calves: identification of potential begging calls ...

The orca who swam with her dead calf for 17 days in an apparent act of grieving recently gave birth to a new baby, according to Michael Weiss, research director of the Center for Whale Research ...