Sentences with phrase «humpback feeding grounds»

Humpback feeding grounds are in cold, productive coastal waters.

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Overall, the study's data from mitochondrial DNA — different from nuclear DNA in that it helps scientists trace maternal lineages — reveal that population structure in humpback whales is largely driven by female whales that return annually to the same breeding grounds and by the early experience of calves that accompany their mothers on their first round - trip migration to the feeding grounds.

New Caledonian humpback whales stop for days on end at underwater mountains when they migrate between breeding and feeding grounds.

Researchers determined the whales» current population numbers by comparing photographic shots of humpbacks in their North Pacific feeding grounds (around the Pacific Rim from California to Kamchatka) to images taken of the whales in their southern, tropical breeding areas — some as far as 3000 miles away.

Approximately 4,500 Humpback Whales visit the Hawaiian Islands each year to bask in the warm waters, breed and give birth before migrating back to their Alaskan feeding grounds.

Humpback whales migrate from their warm, winter breeding grounds off the coast of Central America to feed in the nutrient - rich waters of the Monterey Bay throughout the spring, summer and fall.

Each year between December and April, thousands of gray, humpback and other whales migrate from their Arctic feeding grounds to Mexico's Baja Peninsula's warm waters to mate and give birth.

While the humpback whales are here specifically to feed, the gray whales are keen on reaching their feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi seas of Alaska after having spent the past couple of months in Baja California in their breeding lagoons.

Gray whales and humpbacks are migrating along the coast on their way from Southern California to their feeding grounds in Alaska, and there have been many reports of new sightings this month.

Every year, humpback whales swim 3,000 miles from their summer feeding grounds in Alaska to mate and calve in Hawai`i's clear, warm waters.

The North Island Kayak Four Day Orcas and the Humpbacks Sea Kayaking Adventure concentrates on the areas known to be the primary summer range of Northern Resident Orca (killer whale) population and the summer feeding grounds of an ever increasing number of Humpback Whales.

It is the prime northern feeding grounds for blue whales and humpback whales from May through November.

It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty - five endangered or threatened species; thirty - six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter - million breeding seabirds; and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.

During June and July you may be lucky enough to catch a sighting of a humpback whale as they migrate north from their feeding grounds in Antartica to warmer waters.

Straddie is near Australia's «humpback highway» — the route taken by whales migrating between their feeding and breeding grounds.

From November to March, Banderas Bay is home to humpback whales, migrating from their polar feeding grounds to breed and play in these safe warm waters.

Boarding our vessel the «Whale Watcher» a new 50 seat catamaran we head out into Flinders Bay to witness the spectacular migration of Humpback whales migrating from their feeding grounds in Antarctica.

Humpback whales coming from the feeding grounds of Antarctica migrate to Flinders Bay in Augusta to find a mate before their northward journey.

Australia's eastern seaboard is affectionately known as the Humpback Highway because it's the route whales take when shuttling between their feeding and breeding grounds.

These changes can mean whales such as humpbacks and blues may have to migrate much further to reach feeding grounds, leaving them with less time to forage for food.