New research from the University of St Andrews published today (27 February) in Current Biology, has shown that the role of age in male humpback whale reproduction has changed as populations recover ...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology biologists used drone imagery to understand how nursing humpback whale mothers and their calves fare as they cross the Pacific Ocean.

For the first time ever, scientists have captured the birth of a humpback whale on film! This remarkable moment unfolded off the coast of Hawaii in 2021, when researchers — working alongside National ...

Some of the first-ever evidence of blue whale reproduction has been documented in the Pacific Ocean, according to new research. Photo from Georg Wolf, UnSplash One might think that, given their ...

A pure white humpback whale, photographed off the coast of Australia, belongs to a population segment so rare that the ...

Biologists used drone imagery to understand how nursing humpback whale mothers and their calves fare as they cross the Pacific Ocean. Recent declines in North Pacific humpback whale reproduction and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis): The North Atlantic right whale is one of the ...

Menopause is a rare trait among Earth's species, observed in only a few, including humans and certain whales. New research suggests the evolution of menopause may be linked to the extended lifespan of ...

New findings show the severe impact of fishing gear entanglements on the survival of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, with every injury from entanglements impacting population ...

From 2012 to 2021 the number of humpbacks fell 20 percent from some 33,000 individuals to just over 26,600 – Copyright AFP FERNANDO CASTILLO New research from the ...