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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Humpback whale genomes reflect the increased efficiency of commercial whaling. | Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| Noted that the songs of older males attract more mates during periods of high population abundance. | Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Current Biology - A hydrodynamically active flipper-stroke in humpback whales. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Humpback whale genomes reflect the increased efficiency of commercial whaling. | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago - Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) (PDF). | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Humpback whale. | Jan 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Whaling Commission - Humpback whale. | Jul 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Humpback Whale. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Great State of Alaska - Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MarineBio - Humpback Whale. | Oct 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Sciences at Smith College - Clark Science Center - Megaptera novaeangliae. | May 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Humpback Whale. | Feb 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA Fisheries - Humpback Whale. | Dec 06, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Humpback whale. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Nov 22, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Facts about Humpback Whales. | Oct 08, 2018 | ||
| Added video. | Oct 14, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Sep 16, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | May 19, 2015 | ||
| New media added. | May 05, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Humpback Whale. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Annenberg Learner - Journey North - Humpback Whales. | Sep 11, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Whales. | Jun 28, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - All About Whales. | Jun 08, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 13, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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