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Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) get their name from the prominent hump in front of their dorsal fin. They can weigh up to 40 tons and reach 60 feet in length, so they are not easy to miss!
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Large baleen whale species Humpback whale Temporal range: 7.2–0 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene – Recent Size compared to an average human Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix I (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom ...
Following filming of Humpback Whales: A Detective Story, Mustill wrote How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication, a popular science book which explores recent developments in natural science and AI that could bring humans closer to communicating with animals, and particularly cetaceans. [31] [32] [33]
Video captured the humpback keeping the vessel hostage, offering watchers an unforgettable up close view. The screams of excited tourists can heard as the whale pops its head out of the water ...
The album was an unexpected hit, quickly selling over 125,000 copies and eventually going multi-platinum, becoming the most popular nature recording in history. [8] [11] Sales from the album benefited the Whale Fund of the Wildlife Conservation Society, then known as the New York Zoological Society. [12]
A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single whale ...
Roger Searle Payne (January 29, 1935 – June 10, 2023) was an American biologist and environmentalist famous for his 1967 discovery (with Scott McVay) of whale song among humpback whales. Payne later became an important figure in the worldwide campaign to end commercial whaling .
The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...