Humpback Whale Makes Epic Migration of at Least 7,000 N Miles Across Three Oceans

The BBC reports that a humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say. It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017 and then popped up … Continue reading

Video of Humpback Capsizing Fishing Boat Off the New Hampshire Coast

A humpback whale that appeared to be lunge feeding breached the water and landed on a recreational boat near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, capsizing the vessel and tossing two occupants into the water, the United States Coast Guard said. … Continue reading

Diver Gulped Up Then Spat Out By Humpback Whale Off Cape Cod

A diver from Cape Cod, Massachusetts was gulped up and then spat out by a humpback whale feeding off the coast of Provincetown early Friday morning.  The diver, Michael Packard, 56, of Wellfleet, was hunting for lobsters while about 45 … Continue reading

The Sapphire Princess and the Already Dead Whales

An update to our previous post – the Sapphire Princess cruise ship, which was found to have impaled a female humpback whale on her bulbous bow last week, probably did not kill the whale.  A necropsy finished this week suggests that the whale was already dead.  This is … Continue reading

Dead Humpback Whale Pinned to Bow of the Sapphire Princess

Last summer,  the Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship operating on the South-West coast of Alaska, arrived in the port of Vancouver with a 70 foot long fin whale impaled on its bulbous bow.   Wednesday, almost exactly a year later, … Continue reading