If spotted, officials ask mariners to call NOAA’s hotline at 888-256-9840 to report her location, with photos and videos, if possible, without breaking the 100-yard rule. Mariners can also radio the U ...

NOAA is asking Maui’s on-water community to be on the look out for a recently-entangled 40-foot female humpback whale off ...

NOAA is asking Hawaii’s on-water community to keep a close eye out for an entangled humpback whale spotted off Lahaina, Maui.

Palette was calm upon approach, but the team was unable to determine whether gear was still present due to "the nature of the deep, cyamid-covered wounds." ...

A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts. The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- A humpback whale entangled in some type of fishing line was spotted about one mile off Balboa Pier in Newport Beach on Friday. The mammal -- more than 35 feet long -- was ...

DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- Whale watchers spotted another humpback whale severely entangled in some sort of line gear off the coast of Dana Point late Friday afternoon. The whale was spotted by ...

Sanctuary staff confirmed the whale had multiple deep entanglement wounds, encrusted with red-colored cyamid amphipods (white lice) around her rostrum (upper jaw) due to a previous mouth entanglement ...