Construction has begun for a luxury resort on Seychelles’ Assomption Island, near a UNESCO World Heritage coral atoll that’s ...

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A mother and baby humpback whale in Kiama ... “In July 2023, during a whale-watching tour, I encountered a mum and calf at the mouth of Newcastle Harbor — the busiest shipping port in Eastern ...

It turns out humpback whales' epic migrations ... "In July 2023, during a whale-watching tour, I encountered a mom and calf at the mouth of Newcastle Harbor—the busiest shipping port in Eastern ...

cut open the specimen with his colleagues, they found that the white of the whale’s eye was particularly thick at the back. This made the humpback’s focal length—the distance between the eye ...

Mayo, like Robbins, could not recall a similar situation in which a diver ended up in a humpback's mouth. Packard was in real danger, Mayo said, if not from the whale's gullet, then from the air ...

In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group dissected and tested the left eye of a humpback whale. After cutting open the eye of the juvenile whale ...

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 ...

By Elizabeth Anne Brown Run-ins with humans are a leading cause of death for humpback whales — and new research may explain why these gentle giants are so vulnerable to collisions with boats and ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a ... he can be heard saying after his son was released from the whale's mouth. "I thought I was dead," Adrián told The Associated ...

Each year, humpback whales migrate predictably between cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds and warm, tropical calving grounds, where they give birth and care for their young. Or so scientists thought.

Big Mama, a well-known humpback whale, was seen in the Haro Strait with her eighth calf. Getty Images/iStockphoto The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the ...