Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf, Maui, Hawaii

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod cooperative bubble-net feeding, Frederick Sound, Alaska

Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod cooperative bubble-net feeding, Frederick Sound, Alaska

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding on Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California

Chase Dekker / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Monterey Bay, California

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) trio gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pod gulp feeding, Inside Passage, southeast Alaska

Ralph Pace / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male and female courting, Maui, Hawaii, image taken under NMFS Permit # 19225

Tony Wu / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) male during a competetive heat run. Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pair gulp feeding and gulls hunting Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax), Monterey Bay, California