The young whale was seen off Southern California, struggling, its tail flukes dangerously entangled in rope. The animal may have been injured for as long as half a year. After a week of tracking ...

A rare whale has been recorded off ... They are also curious, acrobatic animals who can be seen breaching the water and smacking it with their flukes. For centuries, they were lucrative prey ...

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 ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Whale watchers in ... spectacular looks at this animal and watched in awe as it arched for a dive, then slowly, slowly lifted its fluke all the way out of the water ...

the animal had “a large amount of tuna monofilament long line entangled around (its) tail, flukes and caudal peduncle.” The line had “embedded into the flesh,” indicating the whale had ...

On the tail, “the coloration and patterns that each whale has is unique ... she zooms in on the details of the flukes, which can reveal attacks from other animals, “if there is some type ...

Members of the public reported they could hear the thuds of the whale thrashing its tail flukes, desperately trying to manoeuvre itself off the sand as the water around it dropped. Photos from a ...

Members of the public reported they could hear the thuds of the humpback whale thrashing its tail flukes in an attempt to manoeuvre itself off the sand. Credit: Alistair Bertram. The whale was ...