4 JUNE 2025: The world's first interactive map of whale migration routes has revealed the growing dangers whales face in the ...

WWF Australia revealed on Wednesday that Australian waters are becoming increasingly perilous for whales, as shown by the ...

It’s peak hour on the humpback highway off the east coast of Australia – yet other whale species aren’t doing nearly as well.

The exact reason behind this particularly long migration remains unclear. But it is understood that humpback ... where researchers, whale watchers and members of the public map the movement ...

Challenging the theory that humpback migration is essential for the birth of these whales, the study provides valuable information for protecting humpback whale populations in the future. Every year, ...

OceanWatch Australia and similar groups are running initiatives like the East Coast Whale Entanglement Mitigation Programme, which is trialling modified gear designs. The humpback migration ...

they say that calves born during migration were observed more often before the population crashed due to hunting. Humpback whale numbers in Australia crashed during the peak of the whaling ...

The exact reason behind this particularly long migration remains unclear. But it is understood that humpback ... where researchers, whale watchers and members of the public map the movement ...

Whale researchers combined modern-day sightings with 19 th century records and are revealing new information about when and where humpback whales give birth along a busy “humpback highway” off ...

Humpback whales don ... thought to be a major cause of whale mortality (wind farms are not). For that reason, McPhee-Frew said, learning more about these mid-migration births is crucial, both ...

It’s peak hour on the humpback highway off the east coast of Australia – yet other whale species aren’t doing nearly as well.

It is peak hour on the humpback highway off the east coast ... how the whales move in both space and time. The map is launching with eight whale species, but there are plans to expand.