Migratory destinations and spatial structuring of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) wintering off Nicaragua [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Understanding the migratory patterns of large whales is of conservation importance, especially in identifying threats to specific populations. Migration ecology, including migratory destinations, movements and site fidelity for humpback whales (Megaptera
Joëlle De Weerdt +14 more
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Song Morphing by Humpback Whales: Cultural or Epiphenomenal? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Singing humpback whales (Megaptera noavaengliae) collectively and progressively change the sounds and patterns they produce within their songs throughout their lives.
Eduardo Mercado
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Migratory behaviour of humpback whales in the southeastern Pacific under climate change [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHumpback whales, a species of baleen whale occurring in all oceans globally, undergo seasonal migration between their breeding grounds in tropical warm waters and high latitude feeding grounds.
Virginie Millien +3 more
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Australia’s east coast humpback whales: Satellite tag-derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Satellite tags were deployed on 50 east Australian humpback whales (breeding stock E1) between 2008 and 2010 on their southward migration, northward migration and feeding grounds in order to identify and describe migratory pathways, feeding grounds and ...
Virginia Andrews-Goff +5 more
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Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2021 Schall et al. use passive acoustic recordings of humpback whale calls to report the presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean between 2011 and 2018. This serves as the first long-term report of humpback whales on a Southern
Elena Schall +6 more
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Post-whaling shift in mating tactics in male humpback whales. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2023 AbstractRecent studies have shown behavioural plasticity in mating strategies can increase a population’s ability to cope with anthropogenic impacts. The eastern Australian humpback whale population was whaled almost to extinction in the 1960s (~200 whales) and has recovered to pre-whaling numbers (>20,000 whales).
Dunlop R, Frere C.
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Interchange of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales across the South Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The cosmopolitan distribution of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) is largely driven by migrations between winter low-latitude breeding grounds and summer high-latitude feeding grounds.
Eric Angel Ramos +14 more
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Solitary humpback whales manufacture bubble-nets as tools to increase prey intake [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceSeveral animal species use tools for foraging; however, very few manufacture and/or modify those tools. Humpback whales, which manufacture bubble-net tools while foraging, are among these rare species.
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Tidal effects on periodical variations in the occurrence of singing humpback whales in coastal waters of Chichijima Island, Ogasawara, Japan [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Marine organisms inhabiting coastal waters are known to be driven by periodic cycles such as diel, tidal, and seasonal changes. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) breed in shallow and warm coastal waters, with males singing complex songs during the
Koki Tsujii +4 more
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Exfoliating Whales–Sandy Bottom Contact Behaviour of Humpback Whales
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Cetaceans are known for their intelligence and display of complex behaviours including object use. For example, bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) are known to rub on rocks and some humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) populations undertake lateral ...
Jan-Olaf Meynecke +2 more
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