Whale shark with injury to the dorsal fin, likely to be caused by collision with a vessel. Credit: Gonzalo Araujo ...

Unusual in Upper Cook Inlet They're called fin whales because of a small, distinct dorsal fin on their otherwise ... In the 2017 humpback stranding near Kincaid Park, the department helped ...

Ben and Katie Hellowell Humpback whales can be identified by a small dorsal fin and ridges running to the tail Ms Adams said the creatures were significantly bigger than Minke whales, which grow ...

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The whales are described as not having a dorsal fin while donning mottled ... “While we expect to see humpback, right, and fin whales, the ocean is a dynamic ecosystem, and you never know ...

Unlike humpback whales, the species don't have a dorsal fin and are described as having mottled gray and white skin and a dorsal hump. A series of ridges can be visible on their backs as the hump ...

Excitement rippled off the Welsh coast after the sighting of a whale ... humpback tail fluke, in my opinion." Each species has a unique "blow" pattern when breathing at the surface, and their ...

a 60-foot fin whale was stranded close to the Port of Anchorage and then was found dead in another spot on the upper Knik Arm. Scientists weren't sure why that whale died. Humpback whales have ...