Humpback Whales in Tonga 2014 | Part 4
Humpback whale calves in Tonga, photographs and stories explaining natural history insights
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Humpback Whales in Tonga 2014 | Part 3
Photos and stories about humpback whale competitive group heat runs in Tonga and other fun humpback whale stuff
Humpback whales in Tonga 2014 | Part 2
My second update of humpback whale encounters in Vava'u, Tonga for 2014, with photos of calves, humpback whales breaching, and a whale entangled in a longline.
Humpback Whales in Tonga 2014 | Part 1
Humpback whale encounters in Tonga, 2014 season. Update 1. Four calf IDs. Two heat runs.
Heading Back to Tonga
I'm heading to the Kingdom of Tonga to photograph humpback whales. This will be my 13th season.
Whale Poop-ed
Photographs of humpback whale and sperm whale feces, illustrating the important role of whales in ecosystem balance posited by Joe Roman research paper Whales as Ecosystem Engineers
Update: Humpback Whale Super Mommy
Documentation of a prolific humpback whale female in Tonga with six calves over a 15-year period, thanks to Claudia Jocher
Smiling Sperm Whale
Close-up portrait of an adult female sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
What A Fluke!
Photograph of the distinctive fluke of a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with her calf playing below. Kingdom of Tonga.
Me At Work: Kannoura
Snapshot of me in a thick wetsuit, getting ready to dive into cold water to look for mating bamboo sharks
Humpback Whale Super Mommy!
Documenting a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with calves in five different years in Vava'u, Tonga.
Juvenile Glasseye
Photograph of a juvenile blotched bigeye or glasseye (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) from blackwater diving in Palau.