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Illustration Antarctica Views

A humpback whale is seen in Damoy Point, Antarctica, Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration Antarctica Views

A humpback whale is seen with a cruise ship in the background in Antarctica, Dec. 13, 2025. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Antarctica Views

A humpback whale is seen near Almirante Brown Antarctic Base in Antarctica, Dec. 13, 2025. Photo by Yang Shu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Whale observation tour

Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025.

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Orcas - Norway

Orca (orcinus orca) and humpback whale in one picture in Norway, Skjervoy on November 4, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Orcas - Norway

Purple day in the fjords when humpback whale and fishing boat are looking for fish. Skjervoy, In Norway on November 21, 2022. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Orcas - Norway

Landscape with a humpback whale diving in the fjord in Skjervoy, Norway on November 14, 2021. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Orcas - Norway

Humpback Whale swimming in the fjord in Skjervoy in Norway on November 19, 2022. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Manta Ray close encounter in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Two humpbacks whales chasing a female in Rurutu, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

A Manta Ray swiming under the light in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Manta Ray swimming in a shallow water in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Three Humpbacks whales chilling in the middle of the ocean, in Rurutu, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Female humpback whale swiming at the surface in Rurutu, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Young humpback whale close encounter before diving in the deep in Rurutu, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Mother and calf humpbacks whales in the blue in Rurutu, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whales and Manta Rays in French Polynesia

Manta Rays dancing in circle in Bora-Bora, French Polynesia on September 2024. Photo by Jonathan Doval/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-HUMPBACK WHALE

(240705) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, July 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows a humpback whale at sea off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-HUMPBACK WHALE

(240705) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, July 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows a humpback whale at sea off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-HUMPBACK WHALE

(240705) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, July 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows a humpback whale at sea off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

A humpback whale is seen during a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2024.

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Australia's largest kiteflying festival marks 45th anniversary

STORY: Australia's largest kiteflying festival marks 45th anniversary DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Festival of the Winds STORYLINE: Waving farewell to a chill winter and welcoming a new spring, the Festival of the Winds returned to Australia's Sydney just in time on Sunday, with innumerable visitors descending on the crescent-shaped Bondi Beach and lost in the allure of kites filling a cloudless azure sky. Here at Australia's largest kiteflying carnival, a collection of sea life, such as humpback whales, manta rays, and octopus, were floating side-by-side on the stable breeze along with mammals like zebras and husky dogs. Penguins no longer waddled in the world of kites, but flapped wings for space against falcons, seagulls, rainbow lorikeets, and even an alien. When professional artists took massive pride in showcasing their creative patterns and skills, members of the public also found their joy by buying a diamond-

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Humpback Whale Appears On Marmadeiro Beach - Spain

Volunteers of Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) examine a specimen of humpback whale that has been stranded on the beach of Marmadeiro, on June 27, 2023, in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain). Late yesterday, Monday, June 26th, 112 was alerted that there was a dead whale stranded on the shore of Marmadeiro beach. Volunteers from the Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) have tied the animal to the land so that the tide does not take it away and have catalogued it as a specimen of humpback whale, a species in danger of extinction and one of the six types of whales that can be seen in Galicia. Photo by Raúl Lomba / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whale Appears On Marmadeiro Beach - Spain

Volunteers of Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) examine a specimen of humpback whale that has been stranded on the beach of Marmadeiro, on June 27, 2023, in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain). Late yesterday, Monday, June 26th, 112 was alerted that there was a dead whale stranded on the shore of Marmadeiro beach. Volunteers from the Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) have tied the animal to the land so that the tide does not take it away and have catalogued it as a specimen of humpback whale, a species in danger of extinction and one of the six types of whales that can be seen in Galicia. Photo by Raúl Lomba / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whale Appears On Marmadeiro Beach - Spain

Volunteers of Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) examine a specimen of humpback whale that has been stranded on the beach of Marmadeiro, on June 27, 2023, in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain). Late yesterday, Monday, June 26th, 112 was alerted that there was a dead whale stranded on the shore of Marmadeiro beach. Volunteers from the Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) have tied the animal to the land so that the tide does not take it away and have catalogued it as a specimen of humpback whale, a species in danger of extinction and one of the six types of whales that can be seen in Galicia. Photo by Raúl Lomba / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whale Appears On Marmadeiro Beach - Spain

Volunteers of Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) examine a specimen of humpback whale that has been stranded on the beach of Marmadeiro, on June 27, 2023, in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain). Late yesterday, Monday, June 26th, 112 was alerted that there was a dead whale stranded on the shore of Marmadeiro beach. Volunteers from the Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) have tied the animal to the land so that the tide does not take it away and have catalogued it as a specimen of humpback whale, a species in danger of extinction and one of the six types of whales that can be seen in Galicia. Photo by Raúl Lomba / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback Whale Appears On Marmadeiro Beach - Spain

Volunteers of Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) examine a specimen of humpback whale that has been stranded on the beach of Marmadeiro, on June 27, 2023, in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain). Late yesterday, Monday, June 26th, 112 was alerted that there was a dead whale stranded on the shore of Marmadeiro beach. Volunteers from the Civil Protection of Ferrol and the Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA) have tied the animal to the land so that the tide does not take it away and have catalogued it as a specimen of humpback whale, a species in danger of extinction and one of the six types of whales that can be seen in Galicia. Photo by Raúl Lomba / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Humpback whale

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows a humpback whale off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Humpback whale

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows a humpback whale off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area.

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Cape Town whale enthusiasts contribute to scientific research

STORY: Cape Town whale enthusiasts contribute to scientific research DATELINE: July 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:45 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SIMON ELWEN, Director of sea search research 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): DAVID HURWITZ, Owner of Simon's Town Boat Company 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): DAVID HURWITZ, Owner of Simon's Town Boat Company 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): Simon Elwen, Director of sea search research STORYLINE: In South Africa's Cape Town, there is a group of local whale lovers who not only enjoy watching whales but also have been contributing to scientific research in a different way. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEX VOGEL, Commercial pilot "They will spend time underwater, so humpback whales for instance we see here, mostly humpback whale will stay underwater for 45 minutes, so if y

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A humpback whale is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WHALE WATCHING-CITIZEN SCIENCE

(220725) -- CAPE TOWN, July 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Humpback whales are seen in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 15, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

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Whale off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2022, shows a humpback whale in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2022, shows a humpback whale in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale off southwestern Japan

An humpback whale jumps off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 30, 2021.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area. (Kyodo)

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Humpback whale off southwestern Japan

Photo taken in February 2020 shows a humpback whale blowing water off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale carcass in Yokosuka

A six-meter-long humpback whale carcass is seen on May 22, 2019, after being washed ashore on a beach in Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whales in southwestern Japan

Humpback whales swim off Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale in southwestern Japan

A humpback whale swims off Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Winner of National Geographic photo contest

Japanese photographer Reiko Takahashi holds her prize-winning photo in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2018. The photo capturing the tail of a young humpback whale swimming near Kume Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, won the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Grand Prize. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale in southwestern Japan

A humpback whale makes a splash off Amami-Oshima Island, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo