Humpback Whale Calf

Whales are social, air breathing mammals, they feed their babies with their own milk, and they take extraordinarily good care of their young and teach them life skills.

Humpback whales are iconic members of the baleen whale family thanks to their breathtaking breaches and hauntingly beautiful songs.

A female humpback has a baby whale, or calf, every two to three years and has a year-long gestation period. Newborn humpbacks are more than 10 feet (3 m) long. According to Ocean Wise, an ocean conservation non-profit organization in Canada, humpbacks likely have a lifespan of at least 48 years, while NOAA states that they can live up to around 90 years.