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The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m (46–56 ft) and weigh up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins ...
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 ...
Jan. 5—The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is preparing for this year's Sanctuary Ocean Count as kohola, or humpback whales, make their annual migration from Alaska ...
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 (5600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel.
The remote Portuguese archipelago, consisting of nine volcanic islands about 900 miles west of Lisbon, lies in the North Atlantic Ocean, putting it on the migration route of several whale species ...
Monarch butterfly migration is the phenomenon, mainly across North America, where the subspecies Danaus plexippus plexippus migrates each autumn to overwintering sites on the West Coast of California or mountainous sites in Central Mexico. Other populations from around the world perform minor migrations or none at all.
It is a major route in the seasonal migration of cetaceans, particularly fin whales, between the African coast (wintering site) and the northern Mediterranean (summer feeding and breeding site). The area is also frequented by a dozen other species of marine mammals, such as the Blue and White Dolphin, Risso's dolphin , Cuvier's Whale and ...
Hervey Bay is a resting place during the annual migration of approximately 35,000 humpback whales along Australia's east coast from the Great Barrier Reef down to the Antarctic Ocean. This migration involves approximately one third of the world's humpback whales. Most female whales each spend about two weeks in Hervey Bay nursing their calves.