Cooperative Lunge Feeding
Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae ssp. novaeangliae
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North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
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19 Identified Species
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11 Identified Species
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
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Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
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Humpback Lunge Feeding
Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches
Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching