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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 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 ...
The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.
Humphrey the Whale is a humpback whale that twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This behavior is unusual for a humpback whale, and Humphrey attracted wide media attention when entering the bay in both 1985 and 1990.
Migaloo migrates along the eastern part of Australia at a migration rate of between 125 [18] and 140 [19] kilometres per day, with a mean speed of 5.2 km/h (3.2 mph), faster than the mean speed recorded for other humpback whales, likely because he is an adult male and endures faster travelling speeds than juveniles and females with calves, for ...
Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae LC [23] Subfamily: Balaenopterinae. Genus: Balaenoptera. Common minke whale, B. acutorostrata LC [24] Omura's whale, Balaenoptera omurai DD; Eden's whale, Balaenoptera edeni DD; Northern blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus CR [23] Suborder: Odontoceti (toothed whales) Superfamily: Platanistoidea. Family ...
Delta and Dawn, also known as the Delta whales, are two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, who entered San Francisco Bay in early May 2007. They swam up the Sacramento River approximately 90 nautical miles (170 km) upstream from the Golden Gate , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] about 20 miles (32 km) further inland than Humphrey the Whale had gone two decades ...
Ballena Marine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Ballena), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Osa Conservation Area created as a safe area for humpback whale migration, hence its name, as Ballena is the Spanish word for whale. The national park has an area of 5,160 ha (12,800 acres) marine, and 171 ha (420 acres ...
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 .