8,000 Tails? Streamlining IDs for Humpback Whale Flukes, One Software at a Time

Each humpback whale's fluke, or tail end, is as unique as a human fingerprint. If scientists have IDed a particular whale's tail, they can track that whale throughout the ocean. But in the meantime, some databases have 8,000 or more fluke photos. How to streamline the process of IDing them? Scientists, and a student on his senior project, are working on that.