Balaenoptera, blooded, cetacea, cetacean, Hawaii

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing (note blow height) in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf pec-slapping in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf pec-slapping amongst adult humpback whales (including its mom) in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive (note the black and white pigment pattern unique to each individual humpback whale) in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing on the Gorda Banks in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae underwater in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA Each year humpback whales return to these waters in the winter and spring to mate and give birth to their calves In the summe

Extremely scarred up sub-adult humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae continually breaching in the AuAu Channel between the islands of Maui and Lanai, Hawaii, USA Each year humpback whales return to these waters in the winter and spring to mate and give

Close up of two female humpback whales traveling at Twillingate Newfoundland showing dorsal fin and tail

A humpback mother whale escorts her calf.

A humpback whale dives into the blue ocean.

A mother and calf humpback whale rise to the surface.

Humpback mother and calf swim near the surface.

A diver encounters two humpback whales in the ocean.

Humpback whales swim together on their migration route.

A school of Pennant fish swim by two Humpback whales.

A diver swims with a group of Humpback Whales and tuna.

Two humpback whales and a shark swim among ancient city ruins.

Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Ha´apai Islands Tonga