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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
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Northern Gannet Dives into the Stellwagen Bank
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Basking Shark
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Seal Side-Eye
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
More from Biodiversity Hall of Mammals
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
Porcupine Displays Its Quills
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2021)
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porpoising Harbor Seal
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Eastern Fox Squirrel
Austin, Texas, USA (August 2011)
Head-On Humpback Breach
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Right Whale
More from Biodiversity Life in the Coastal Seas

The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Porpoising Dolphin Reenters Water
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2024)
Head-On Humpback Breach
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porpoising Harbor Seal
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
More Observations of North Atlantic Humpback Whale
10 Other Observations
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Lunge Feeding Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Head-On Humpback Breach
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
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