Humpback Whales

Sharks usually get all the press, but they are being upstaged by whales seen swimming and breaching off Manomet Point in Plymouth.

Boaters and personal watercraft users should be careful in the waters near Plymouth, where three juvenile humpback whales have been feeding for at least a week.

Plymouth resident Suzanne Lewis O'Shea caught an amazing sight on camera as a humpback whale breached near the shore, not far from a boat full of people.

NOAA Fisheries is proposing that ten of fourteen humpback whale populations around the world be removed from the Endangered Species list. That's because the number of humpback whales has increased dramatically since they were first listed in 1970...