Ryan Van Meter Ryan Van Meter Expeditions Photographs
'Mother Whale Breaching' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Mother Whale Breaching

© 1980-2026 — Ryan Van Meter — All Rights Reserved — No Reuse Without Permission — License

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

North Atlantic Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae ssp. novaeangliae
More Observations from Expedition Gloucester

Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)

22 Observations
9 Identified Species
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Right Whale
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
More from Biodiversity Hall of Mammals
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
Groundhog
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2025)
Western Coyote
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (October 2016)
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Austin, Texas, USA (August 2011)
Five-Striped Palm Squirrel In the Garden of the Shechen Monastery
Kathmandu, Nepal (May 2013)
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Elk Bull
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)
More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
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)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Spotted Eagle Ray
Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA (February 2013)
More Observations of North Atlantic Humpback Whale
10 Other Observations
Cooperative Lunge Feeding Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Humpback Lunge Feeding Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
© 1980—2026 RYAN VAN METER