Ari Friedlaender – The Conversation

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) frolicking at the ocean surface. Tony Wu/WWF

March 14, 2022

Whale migrations: how new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas

Ryan Reisinger, University of Southampton; Ari Friedlaender, University of California, Santa Cruz, and Daniel M. Palacios, Oregon State University

A new report shed light on the migratory routes of 1,000 whales worldwide.

Humpback whale populations have leapt on both Australia’s east and west coasts. Ari S. Friedlaender (under NMFS permit)

July 25, 2015

The big comeback: it’s time to declare victory for Australian humpback whale conservation

Lars Bejder, Murdoch University; Ari Friedlaender, Oregon State University; David Johnston, Duke University, and Joshua Smith, Murdoch University

Chalk it up as a rare conservation win: humpback whales have bounced back so strongly since the whaling era that there is no longer a need to include them on Australia’s official threatened species list.

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