Humpback Whale Current Research: Tracking the Humpback

By placing small suction-cup tags onto humpback whales, researchers are learning about how they catch food and socialize underwater. In this animation, two whales work together to catch small fish.

Images:  
Alison Stimpert,
Ari Freidlaender, NOAA

Animation:
David Wiley, NOAA;
Roland Arsenault, CCOM