In the last weeks, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary was engaged in actively rescuing life-threatening entangled humpback whales. The responders were successful in ...

NOAA Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary/ NOAA MMHSRP (permit No. 18786-03) / ED LYMAN photo An entangled subadult humpback whale was mostly freed from heavy-gauge line by a ...

Baleen whales shift huge amounts of nutrients, including nitrogen, from high-latitude feeding waters to tropical breeding ...

Examples of tools used to free 40-ton, 45-foot long entangled whales were on display during presentations at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary on Wednesday night in Kihei.

Sail through the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, a designated expanse of shallow warm waters that surround the main Hawaiian Islands, and learn from the guides about one of the world's ...