A total of 429 volunteers gathered data from the shores of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i islands during the Hawaiian ...

Over 400 volunteers for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and the Pacific Whale Foundation ...

Over 12,000 humpback whales migrate every winter from the frigid surroundings of Alaska into the waters of Hawaii. This journey of about 3,000 miles is the longest migration that any mammal ...

During a survey, researchers got the chance to listen to a sea creature being a “soulful performer” off the coast of Hawaii.

Trained responders at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary undertook the life-saving detangling operations for the whales Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE.

Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

On the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i, volunteers collected data from 30 sites. A total of 183 whales were ...

researchers in Hawaii got the chance to witness a sea creature whose body told “a story,” officials said. The “incredible moment” showed a humpback whale’s fluke piercing out of the ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...