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

Older male whales are more successful at mating than their younger rivals because they are better singers, suggests new ...

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 ...

A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

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

New research reveals older singing male whales are increasingly successful at siring offspring compared to younger males.

New research from the University of St Andrews published today (27 February) in Current Biology, has shown that the role of age in male humpback ...

A study found that humpback whales in the North Pacific are getting smaller. Compared to the mid-1900s, mature whales are now about one to two feet shorter, according to The Maui News. Researchers ...

Humpback in the Senyavin Strait in far eastern Russia. When University of Southern Denmark whale researcher Olga Filatova set off on her first field trip in 2000, she spent five years looking for ...

A documentary by a local filmmaker exploring the lives of humpback whales is to locally premiere at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute this week. The Bermuda Zoological Society and The ...