In this truly specialised behavior, humpback whales use their flippers to release bubbles in a ring, with these bubbles ...

A humpback's bubble net as seen from a commercial airship. In bubble-net feeding, the group of whales or a single whale dives down below a school of fish or a small crustaceans called krill. Then, ...

While the “smart” animal club has been steadily adding new members, the world’s whales can be considered among the founders. The roughly 50 million-year-old animal lineage shows evidence of their own ...

Humpback whales might be a lot smarter than we first thought, scientists have found. These marine giants may create and wield their own tools, according to a new paper in the journal Royal Society ...

Some of the largest living animals on the planet eat the tiniest food. For humpback whales, it's krill – small shrimp-like animals floating in the ocean. Capturing enough krill can take a lot of work, ...

The whales control the size and depth of the nets, as well as the spacing between bubbles, which researchers argue meets the definition of tool use. reading time 2 minutes Humpback whales may not have ...

A team of New England Aquarium researchers caught a series of beautiful photos of whales swimming in sync off the coast of Massachusetts this week. The humpback whales produced a beautiful spiral ...