Grouping of animals is a natural phenomenon in which a number of animal individuals are
involved in movement as forming a group. Examples are insect swarms and fish schools. In …

Existing knowledge of the social organization, mating system and reproduction of Humpback
Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) is reviewed to assess how our current understanding of …

In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to
knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea …

In this chapter we survey the occurrence of vocal learning in mammals and discuss possible
reasons it has evolved. But first it is important to be clear about what we mean by “vocal …

Six baleen whale species are found in the temperate western North Atlantic Ocean, with
limited information existing on the distribution and movement patterns for most. There is …

The amount of underwater sound from ship traffic, commercial, research, and military sound
sources has increased significantly over the past century. Marine mammals and many other …

We report on a wintering area off the Pacific coast of Central America for humpback whales
(Megaptera novaeangliae) migrating from feeding areas off Antarctica. We document seven …

Whales are an extraordinary study group for questions about ecology and evolution
because their combinations of extreme body sizes and unique foraging strategies are …

Humpback whales (M egaptera novaeangliae) are seasonal breeders, annually migrating
from high‐latitude summer feeding grounds to low‐latitude winter breeding grounds. The …

CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Context as for the genus. Tomilin (1946) recognized the
southern ocean population as M. n. lalandii (Fischer, 1829) based on differences in total …