Sentences with phrase «first humpback»

The first humpback whales of the season have been spotted in the channel during a morning dive!

The first humpback whales of the season were spotted off the coast at Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island this morning, marking an early start to the whale migration season.

Often you'll see your first Humpback spout before we even leave the bay!

This exciting discovery is the area's first humpback whale of the spring.

Not exact matches

The first comprehensive genetic study of humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean has identified five distinct populations — at the same time a proposal to designate North Pacific humpbacks as a single «distinct population segment» is being considered under the Endangered Species Act.

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.

Scientists conducting the first circum - global assessment of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Southern Hemisphere's humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) have found that whales faithfully returning to calving grounds year after year play a major role in how populations form, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History, and a number of other contributing organizations.

The paper titled «First Circumpolar Assessment of Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Mitochondrial Genetic Variation at Multiple Scales and Implications for Management» now appears in the online version of Endangered Species Research.

Humpbacks have been spotted feeding on baby salmon bred for release into the wild to restock fisheries for the first time, competing with fishermen

«I've dived with humpback whales and great white sharks,» said Dougherty, who first learned to dive at age 14 and taught diving in Zanzibar.

«The present study is the first on apes to show by means of networking analysis that habits travel along paths of close relationships,» he says, adding that a similar idea was shown not long ago for humpback whale hunting techniques.

Scientists say this is the first time humpbacks anywhere have been seen eating young salmon (SAA - mun).

These seven whale foetuses, on display in Whales: Beneath the surface, show the development of humpback whales in the first few months of their lives.

With a wealth of diverse wildlife including humpback whales, harbour seals, porpoises, black bears, bald eagles, and seabirds plus thousands of years of First Nations» culture and history, the Broughton Archipelago is a great location for an early season kayak tour.

Their pace was slow at first, but by the turn of this new millennium, humpbacks had become a common enough sight that they formed a reliable part of the whale watching scene.

Our first campsite is well situated on one of the orcas main travel path as well as being in an area routinely visited by humpback whales.

From this lookout just north of Ma`alaea, the splashes of humpbacks fill the ocean like shooting stars in a meteor shower: First you look this way, and then over there, and did you see that enormous breach?

The village of Māʻalaea sits on Maalaea Bay, the first stop for the humpback whales on their way into Hawaiian waters every winter to breed and give birth.

«I've been in this game for a lot of decades, and this is the first time I've heard of this many humpbacks coming in this far,» Mary Jane Schramm, the spokeswoman for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, told the San Francisco Chronicle.

In my hunt for the Northern Lights, my first stop was Iceland; a fascinating country with many beautiful natural sights such as the cascading Gullfoss Waterfalls, the rift between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, the spurting Great Geysir, Humpback, Minke and Blue whales in the bay of Reykjavik, and geothermal pools and spas such as the Blue Lagoon.

With a wealth of diverse wildlife including humpback whales, harbour seals, porpoises, black bears, bald eagles, and seabirds plus thousands of years of First Nations» culture and history, the Broughton Archipelago is a great location for an early - season six - day kayak tour.

Everything comes together here; an extensive maze of islands, rich First Nations culture, extraordinary wildlife encounters with orcas, humpback whales, bears, eagles and much, much more.

Experience first hand the thrill of seeing a humpback whale from only inches away.

The worlds first suicide bombers, forced death marches, kidnapping foreign woman to use as sex - slaves; and now in the dawn of the new century the slaughter of a great and endangered species, the Humpback whale.

The author led two expeditions to study, film and record the Bowhead whale in the 1970s (Film Board of Canada made a documentary of the second & American Scientist published a cover article on the first), is co-discoverer of Songs of Humpback Whale, Science, 1971) and served on US delegation to International Whaling Commission for six years.

A Japanese whaling fleet left today for an expedition activists say will for the first time target humpbacks, a perennial favourite among whale - watchers.

With instructions to hunt down - sorry, collect for «scientific research» - up to 1,000 whales, the Japanese sailors are setting their sights on the humpback whale for the first time in over 40 years.

The 1 - to 2 - month - old humpback whale calf, which Australians dubbed «Colin,» was first spotted last week in waters off north Sydney clinging next to a yacht it had apparently mistaken for its mom.

The whale, possibly a humpback, was first noticed Wednesday and the coast guard set up a safety zone to protect the twenty - foot whale from collisions with commercial shipping vessels — there's an awesome aerial shot with the beautiful beastie surrounded by four boats protecting it.