Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they almost exclusively eat krill, which they strain out of huge water gulps through baleen plates. Humpback whales are filter ...

A MAJOR “keep away” alert has been issued to beachgoers following the discovery of a 20-metre whale washed up on Irish sands.

According to tourist whale-watching websites in New York, humpback whales are typically visible between May and December. Baleen whales—most of the whales in New York waters—also often come.

They are baleen whales and filter feeders that feed ... More whales spotted in Florida: Amazing video of humpback whale breaching off of Palm Beach County's coast Jupiter resident Mike Lee was ...

Demand for whale watching trips to see the humpback whale in the Shannon Estuary remains high with more trips continuing ...

Baleen whales’ life history – particularly the ... There are many other large whales, including blue, fin, sei, humpback, gray and sperm whales. Like bowhead and right whales, these were ...

Humpback whales, which can weigh up to 40 tons and ... which are shrimp-like crustaceans they eat by straining water through bristly baleen plates made of keratin that act like a sieve.

Similar patterns of paternity have been documented in other humpback populations in the Pacific as well as in other baleen whale species, including North Atlantic right whales. In addition to ...