Australia celebrates ‘humpback comeback,’ but a main food source is under threat

Mongabay
Oct 28, 2025, 3:17 pm122 ptsTrending
News of Australia’s “humpback comeback” is making waves globally. Numbers of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on the nation’s east coast have rebounded to an estimated 50,000 from a historic low of just a few hundred before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1970s. And wildlife scientist and…

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