Research from all publishers Additional interdisciplinary studies have provided further insights into humpback whale population dynamics and ecology. A multi-disciplinary approach combining ...

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New research into the energy use of humpback whales during their annual migrations has found they lose 11,000kg of ...

Eastern Australia’s humpback whales were facing regional extinction in the 1960s, with only around 200 whales left. But numbers grew and reached 27,000 whales by 2015 — approaching estimated ...

As the scientist reviewed, the humpback whale population in eastern Australia was near extinction in the 1960s, but thanks to the ban on hunting in 1978 and conservation policies, the species ...

Gless also emphasized how important even one humpback mother can be to rebuilding the whale population: Big Mama is a perfect example of how important a single whale can be to a population. She ...