Experts with whom photos and video of the whale were shared have concluded it likely lost its flukes due to entanglement, she said. But it’s not known exactly what it became entangled in. One of ...

Tracking some 33,000 whales through photos of their flukes, scientists noted the steep decline which they speculate was due to starvation because of marine heatwaves. Photo identification is ...

If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love natural history. I worked in a natural history museum for ...

If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love natural history. I worked in a natural history museum for ...

A humpback whale’s tail is as unique as a fingerprint. The lobes, or flukes, at the end of the tail have scalloped edges that vary from whale to whale; the undersides feature distinct black-and ...

A playful lobtailing session captures a unique moment as a cormorant is perfectly framed by the whale’s fluke. The whale, upside down and lying on its back beneath the water, reveals its underside ...

However, members of the public reported they could hear the "thuds of the whale thrashing its tail flukes", desperately trying to get itself off the sand as the water around it dropped.

Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) missing its iconic lobed fluke, which is responsible for propulsion while swimming. Taken by Eric Guth under NMFS permit # 24359 ...

In many countries there is a lack of political will to address the problem or it is not a political priority. Inaction is usually due either to lack of awareness of the scale of the problem (bycatch ...

as well as two small buoys near her flukes, according to NOAA reports. On Jan. 18, 2023, #5120 was spotted in Cape Cod Bay, feeding alongside 15 to 20 other right whales, officials said.