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 ...

While this ocean mammoth is dubbed “blue,” its color is more a reflection of the water it swims in — its skin is actually ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

slowly lifted its fluke all the way out of the water,” the group said in the Facebook post. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that…and I’ve seen a lot of fin whales!” one person commented.

"For the first time we've been able to see features that are truly distinctive of whales, such as their flippers and flukes." Ms Cubaynes' team examined WorldView-3 photos in different parts of ...