All Up in My Krill

A humpback whale entered the Upper New York Bay on Thursday morning, November 12, 2026, traveling up the Hudson River to Pier 45 in Greenwich Village. The sighting generated significant social media attention as the whale was seen breaching near the Manhattan shoreline.

According to conservation group Gotham Whale, the animal likely entered the harbor to feed on Atlantic Menhaden, a type of herring common in local coastal waters. While humpbacks are frequent visitors to the area below the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, it is unusual for them to venture this far into the inner harbor.

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