As humpback whales recover, older males are fathering more calves, revealing how whaling still shapes mating and competition ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

New research from the University of St Andrews published in Current Biology has shown that the role of age in male humpback ...

Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.

An annual whale report released by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium on October 22, 2025, made waves in the conservation community. Every year, the “report card” details the status of North ...