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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 PreꞒ Ꞓ 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 ...
English: Young humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sings in the water of Vava'u islands, Tonga. Other languages Čeština: Mladý keporkak ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) "zpívá" ve vodách Tichého oceánu u soustroví Vava'u , stát Tonga .
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 ...
[2] The series consists of three episodes, each an hour long. [2] The first episode, Giant Lives, focuses on humpback whales and blue whales, [2] The second, Deep Thinkers, explores the cognitive abilities of dolphins. The third and final episode, Voices of the Sea, investigates the vocalizations of dolphins and whales. The series was released ...
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.
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.
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 ...
To accompany the transmission of the 1997 specials, the hardcover book The BBC Natural History Unit's Wildlife Specials (ISBN 1-900-72416-2) was published by Trident Press on 10 November 1997. It includes a foreword by David Attenborough, an introduction by series producer Keith Scholey, and six chapters about the animals featured in those ...