Rescuers freed a humpback whale after a nearly two-hour mission to remove fishing gear wrapped around the animal.

After the animal was cut free, crews recovered more than 3,000 feet of line, five sablefish pots, and Dungeness crab traps tied to Oregon and Washington. NOAA said the condition of the equipment ...

A marine rescue team spent nearly two hours freeing a humpback whale tangled in commercial fishing gear off Massachusetts, marking their second successful disentanglement in one week.

An eight-metre humpback whale entangled in 50 metres of fishing rope and floats off the NSW Mid North Coast over the weekend ...