We’ve noticed a clear trend away from singing as a mating tactic among male humpbacks. But it’s probably a pretty good strategy.
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Migaloo, where are you? How searching for the iconic white humpback whale connects us all with the ocean.
Australia is considering removing humpback whales from the threatened species list after their numbers rebounded in recent decades. But the mammals face new threats.
Reports of global biodiversity doom hide a more complex and encouraging picture. Conservation efforts can be targeted with more nuance species population data.
Dead whales usually sink, so most evidence of ‘ship strikes’ quickly disappears beneath the waves.
Japan’s exit from the IWC should spur on more global cooperation on environmental issues, not less.
Humpback whales are deterred from their migration routes by the noise of air guns used to survey the ocean floor for oil and gas deposits, a new study has found.
Humpback whales have been spotted fending off killer whales from attacking other species. But this kind of interspecies altruism raises an evolutionary conundrum.
Understanding this will boost conservation efforts.
It is one of the most controversial questions in nature. Now a group of British researchers have shed light on the answer.
Chalk it up as a rare conservation win: humpback whales have bounced back so strongly since the whaling era that there is no longer a need to include them on Australia’s official threatened species list.
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