Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf, Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf, Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf at sea surface. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Doc White / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female. Tonga, South Pacific, September.

Mark Carwardine / Two Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble-net feeding very close to shore, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, Endangered or threatened species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on herring, showing palate and baleen plates, Frederick Sound, South East Alaska, USA, Endangered or threatened species (Vulnerable)

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale lobtailing {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaengliae} Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Brent Stephenson / Humpback whale fin (Megaptera novaeangliae) with cruiseship passengers watching from a zodiac, Admiralty Island, Alaska, United States, July. No release available.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pair gulp feeding, Antarctica

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) slapping the surface during courtship battle, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at surface, spouting, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking - lifting the tail in the air before a dive, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Sue Flood / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf just below the surface, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, August

Sue Flood / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Doug Allan / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming below a whale watching boat, Sue Flood, photographer in boat, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September 2006, Model released

Doug Allan / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, female with Remoras on underside, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, September. Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaengliae) blowing, Disko Bay, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) blowing at sunset, Disko Bay, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Tail fluke of a diving Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Disko Bay, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009 WWE BOOK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming just below the surface, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluking, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at surface, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming through oil slick, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) blowing / spouting, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Carwardine / Aerial view of Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing, Skjalfandi Bay, Northern Iceland, July 2009

Hugh Pearson / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf swimming, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean

Suzi Eszterhas / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Juergen Freund / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) turning underwater, off Tonga

Juergen Freund / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater, off Tonga

Kevin Schafer / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group feeding, Chatham Strait, Alaska

Matthew Maran / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, with Lennard Lighthouse flashing in the background. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Matthew Maran / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lob-tailing in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Steven Kazlowski / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing and feeding in the waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale mother and calf {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under NMFS research permit #633 (Non-ex).

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 0753-1599

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 0753-1599

Sue Flood / Humpback whale mother pushing her calf up to the surface (Megaptera novaeangliae), Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific. 2005

Sue Flood / Doug Allan filming Humpback whale mother and calf (Megaptera novaeangliae), Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific, for Planet Earth, Sept 2005.

Sue Flood / Tail flukes of two feeding Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Antarctic peninsula. 2005

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale + yearling calf (in foreground) Tonga, Pacific {Megaptera novaeangliae}

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale thrashes water with tail fluke, Hawaii (taken under permit no 587)

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale {Megaptera novaeangliae} performing a peduncle throw. Pacific (taken under NMFS research permit 882 issued by Hawai Whale Research Foundation)

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale {Megaptera novaeangliae} with penis extended, Pacific (taken under NMFS research permit 882 issued by Hawai Whale Research Foundation)

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale {Megaptera novaeangliae} performing a peduncle throw. Pacific (taken under NMFS research permit 882 issued by Hawai Whale Research Foundation)

Todd Pusser / Humpback whale breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Monterey Bay, California, USA.

Tui De Roy / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in summer feeding grounds, Southeast Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group cooperatively feeding on Capelin, Alaska

Mitsuaki Iwago / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group bubble net feeding, Alaska

Doug Perrine / Humpback whale calf breaching {Megaptera novaeangliae} Hawaii, Pacific Ocean - taken under research permit #587. Breaching beahviour is thought to dislodge external skin parasites. (Non-ex).

Mike Parry / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming, Tonga

Mike Parry / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Tonga

Thomas Mangelsen / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Southeast Alaska

Colin Monteath / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail near iceberg, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) observed by tourists in a zodiac boat near Melchoir Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Southeast Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail at sunset, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) friendly singer approaches research boat, joiner in background, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) friendly singer, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) group cooperatively bubble-net feeding, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spouting, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tails and sailboat with whale watching tour, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) filmed by diver Chuck Nicklin, Maui

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) singer, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) gulp feeding with Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) waiting for leftovers, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cow and calf, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) friendly mother and calf, Maui, Hawaii - notice must accompany publication; photo obtained under NMFS permit 987

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Southeast Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding, with Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) waiting for leftovers, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding, Alaska

Michio Hoshino / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail at sunset, southeast Alaska

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

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

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, Kona coast, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail, Alaska

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

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male singing, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Kona coast, Hawaii

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) male singing, Kona coast, Hawaii