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 ...

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

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 ...

For instance, studies tracking individual whales have shown distinct migratory routes between breeding and feeding ... have challenged the notion that humpback whale songs are learned through ...

(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 ...

On the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Molokaʻi and Hawai‘i, volunteers collected data from 30 sites. A total of 183 whales were ...

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

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

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 ...