Once hunted almost to extinction, the group of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back — and then some. In a preliminary report to the federal Department of ...

Baleen whales, as long-lived marine megafauna, harbour genetic signatures of both ancient climatic cycles and recent human-induced pressures. Novel applications of whole-genome sequencing, ...

Southern Resident killer whales are a small and well-studied group of orcas that have long been seen as an isolated group without much outside connection. New research challenges that view, suggesting ...