Sightings soar on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ as 40,000 whales return for winter - Annual migration sees whales journeying from cold feeding grounds of Antarctica ...

PERTH, Australia - Two women have been injured by a humpback whale while swimming with the giant mammals off the northwest Australian coast, media reported on Tuesday. A 15-meter (50-foot) mother ...

Australia And New Zealand Commuter traffic stops for whales on Australia’s humpback highway PORT STEPHENS, Australia (AP) — The ferry was late, but not because of the usual traffic.

Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia's east coast on Monday to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope. Aerial footage showed the whale swimming south of Sydney Harbour trailing ...

Humpback whales are thriving in Australian watersBefore whaling operations ceased in Australia in 1963, and international protections were put in place two years later, more than 30,000 humpback ...

CANBERRA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Humpback whales have been removed from Australia's list of threatened species after a major recovery. Sussan Ley, the Minister for the Environment, on Saturday ...

In June and July, it’s not uncommon for whales to stop water traffic in Sydney. Winter heralds the opening of the so-called humpback highway, a migratory corridor along Australia's east coast used by ...

Sydney (AFP) – Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia's east coast on Monday to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope. Issued on: 09/06/2025 - 09:12 Modified: 09/06/2025 ...

Commuter traffic stops for whales on Australia’s humpback highway By: Charlotte Graham-mclay And Mark Baker, The Associated Press Posted: 10:40 PM CDT Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2025 Last Modified: 9: ...