Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring. Further, males who sired at ...

These males migrate to Hawaii and Mexico for the breeding season in winter and ... New Scientist · Humpback whale song fragment 1 Apart from the songs getting longer, Wall has also noticed ...

Because some whales sing as a mating call, the shipping industry’s interruption of those songs is potentially worrying, said Michael Noad, director of the Centre for Marine Science at the ...

Song is used differently across species. In humpback whales, which tend to be solitary, all the males in a breeding population sing the same song. Among populations of sperm whales and killer whales, ...

That night, as the photo came to life on the computer, he knew his work had paid off. He says he's never seen such a clear photo of mating southern right whales. These whales are an important part of ...

This means they could be breeding there, scientists say ... spent hours each day listening for the calls of blue whales The song or fundamental frequency of the blue whale is so deep and such ...

Most male humpback whales in a Pacific Ocean population do ... more likely to sire more offspring than would be expected if mating were random. “Our result indicates that becoming a father ...

Human musicians must practise for thousands of hours to perfect their performance skills, and the same may be true for humpback whales ... to the low-latitude breeding grounds where they pair ...