making it the longest orthodromic distance [the shortest path between two points on a sphere] recorded between breeding areas of a humpback whale," said biologist Ekaterina Kalashnikova of the ...

"Possible causes include global climate change, extreme environmental events, and evolutionary mechanisms of the species.” ...

Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers tracked the longest-known distance of around 13,000km travelled by a humpback whale between two breeding locations ...

Humpback whale populations have been increasing throughout many of their ranges since a final moratorium on commercial whaling was established in 1985 by the International Whaling Commission, NOAA ...

A surge in humpback whale sightings reported across the English Channel over the last month has whale watchers puzzled. The ...

A young humpback whale that died, presumably, after it became trapped in a commercial mussel-farming line off Long Beach, Ca.

"We stared in awe as a baby humpback whale came out of the water ... migrate between feeding grounds in the North Atlantic and breeding areas in the Caribbean, usually between December and ...

(Kalashnikova et al., Royal Society Open Science, 2024) The whale might have been driven by increased competition with other males for breeding and food, as humpback numbers globally recover from ...

The Sussex Dolphin Project said the 30-tonne mammals have been spotted from every between Rye, Pett Level, Fairlight, ...

Humpback whales typically return to specific breeding locations each year because whale populations tend to be geographically distinct. For example, one of the humpback populations in the North ...