Humpback whale makes record journey from South America to Africa
A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why this journey is so unusual.
Humpback Whale Makes Record-Breaking 8,000-Mile Migration Across Three Oceans, but the Reason Is Still a Mystery
An ambitious humpback whale is making waves in the marine biology community after researchers discovered he undertook an incredible 8,106-mile swim across the globe, likely to be the longest distance traveled for the species on record.
This Humpback Whale Just Smashed a Migration Record With an Astonishing 8,000-Mile Journey
An international team of researchers has identified one of the longest individual humpback whale migrations ever documented. This remarkable finding, detailed in a December 11 study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science,
Researchers Stunned at Humpback Whale’s Staggeringly Long Migration
According to researchers from Royal Society Open Science, a humpback whale has made one of the most astonishingly long migrations ever recorded.
One Humpback Whale's Incredible 13,000Km Journey
Humpbacks usually migrate north to south or south to north. But one enterprising whale journeyed halfway around the world from South America to Africa. Why?
Pregnant humpback whales' energy needs increase when fasting during migration
Proper intake of food is essential for pregnant humpback whales to pull off the extreme physical feat of annual migration between Hawaiʻi and Alaska. Researchers at the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) revealed the energetic cost and vulnerabilities of migratory humpback mothers-to-be in a study published in The Journal of Physiology.
Whale stuns scientists with record journey spanning three oceans to mate
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