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Sightings have become more frequent and closer to shore. Over the weekend, a whale was spotted not far from the gas tank in Dorchester. "As exciting as it is, you have to realize, this is the ...
New Yorkers enjoyed a rare whale sighting on Monday after one was spotted swimming in the East River. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the sighting to the Gothamist on Tuesday. At the time, the ...
The Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 and based in Maui, Hawaii, that conducts whale research and educates the public in an effort to save vulnerable species of whales from extinction. As of 2012 the organization had about 150 employees.
A whale was captured on video back in February with just her tail hanging out of the ocean, while her calf swam around her. READ MORE: Dog desperately tries to befriend little baby bunny
Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998. Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay.
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.
Video shows the whale breaching the water and striking the rear of the boat. At least one of the boaters is seen plunging into the water. ocean whale breach animal wild (Courtesy Colin Yager)
The depth of the channel reaches 108 feet (33 m), and its width is 8.8 miles (14.2 km). ʻAuʻau channel is a whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel.