The discovery challenges a long-held assumption about where and when whales feed – and could help us better protect them.
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The model tracks the movements of humpback whale mother and calf pods between the Great Barrier Reef and the Gold Coast bay in eastern Australia.
There’s so much we still don’t know about whales. Here’s 3 amazing new things we’ve learnt about whales lately: how humpback whales have sex and give birth – and how baleen whales sing underwater.
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.
Sperm whales support ecotourism in Kaikōura and blue whales come to feed off the New Zealand coast – but both may become a rare sight as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
I’ve seen whale entanglement in shark nets firsthand, when a humpback whale calf drowned in one a few years back. It was terrible.
The strange appearance of three humpback whales in a Kakadu river threw up many questions – including whether they’d come out on top in a fight with a crocodile.
Some species, including blue whales, spend little time at the surface. So despite their overwhelming size, they can be hard to find and tough to study.
Humpback whales are deterred from their migration routes by the noise of air guns used to survey the ocean floor for oil and gas deposits, a new study has found.
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Whale Scientist and Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Physiology, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography, Node & Stream Leader for ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum
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Researcher, Southern Cross University
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Research Fellow, Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Griffith University
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Marine Science, Griffith University