3rd Annual
Whale Quest
February 15-17, 2008, The Ritz-Carlton Resort, Kapalua, Maui.
Win a 15-Day Cruise to the Antarctic with Flip Nicklin
2008 Hawaii Field Season Begins in January
The Secret of Humpback Whales TV documentary Features Whale Trust Research
Latest Results of Whale Song Research Presented in South Africa.
One of the best places in the world to observe whales is in the relatively calm, shallow seas surrounding the Hawaiian Islands – the only known breeding and calving ground for humpback whales in the United States.
Each winter, these Islands become home to at least 6,000-8,000 humpback whales. Why humpback whales travel to sub-tropical areas like Hawaii each year is still unknown, but the warm, clear, shallow, protected waters make Hawaii one of the best natural laboratories in the world to study humpback whales.
Whale Trust
Bridging Marine Research with
Marine Education & Conservation
Whale Trust was formed in 2001 to support field research on whales and their marine environment. Its founders are passionate scientists and explorers who believe that science-the quest for answers to the most intriguing questions about our natural world--lies at the heart of environmental education and conservation.
But Whale Trust seeks to do more than fund groundbreaking field research on our earth's largest marine mammals. Results from Whale Trust's field research are the basis for a broader program of outreach and education that involve the public, educators and a new generation of researchers whom Whale Trust hopes to inspire.
Spotlight: Ship Strikes and Entanglement: On the Rise in Hawaii?
No living animals have captured our imaginations as have the great
whales . . . They fire our imaginations and stab at our emotions.They
inspire our art, literature, and music. And so they should.The indescribable
blend of grace, power, and beauty of a whale as it glides underwater,leaps
towards the sky, or simply lifts its flukes and slides into the sea
symbolises a vanishing poetry of the wild. 
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