This behaviour is unique, rather perplexing and not reported in other large whales.
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This reproductive slow down seems closely linked to climate-driven changes in the remote Southern Ocean.
The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.
These marine mammals are still feeling the effects of whaling. For most species, it may be another 100 years before there are enough old whales for scientists to confirm their lifespans.
It’s that “whale-y” exciting time of year! Winter is coming. That means we’ll start seeing whale mums and calves moving along Australia’s east and west coasts. We’ve already had a teaser in WA waters.
Southern right wales have been hunted to near extinction. Now their genome has been sequenced to help biologists track their recovery and understand the impacts of climate change, past and future.
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Research Associate, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Researcher in Marine Biology, Aarhus University
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Lecturer, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Whale Scientist and Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
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Leader of Australian Right Whale Research Program, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Ecology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria