Among other recent news is some good stuff: this item on B.C. humpbacks proves humans can get together and set rules that enable heavily whaled populations to rebound.
And speaking of humpbacks, don't forget out Australian friend Migaloo.
Humpbacks are something very unusual. They have a genus to themselves, Megaptera ("giant wing") after those huge, knobby pectoral fins. The fins are the can't-miss field mark of this species: no other whale, even the giant blue, has a fin that size. Despite their genetic separation from other whales, they can create hybrids: there is a documented hybrid with the much larger blue whale and a reported hybrid with a grey whale. So say hi to the humpbacks and cheer their comebacks, and don't forget to wave.
Humpback whale (NOAA)
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