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Interpreting the Extraordinary Surface Behaviour of Humpback Whales

29 February 2024 Humpback whales are also particularly entertaining, lifting their tails when diving, performing successive breaches, striking their pectorals or tail on the water surface, etc. Their exuberant behaviours are as varied…

Why do humpback whales sometimes interact with algae?

9 January 2024 In an immense expanse of blue, a long and slender silhouette gently rises above the water surface. A string of long golden filaments wraps around it and cascades down onto…

Why do humpback whales get in the way of hungry killer whales?

7 December 2023 A rare behaviour that remains unexplained Bertie Gregory, explorer for National Geographic, recently witnessed an extremely rare episode of intimidation. While shooting video footage of a pod of Antarctic killer…

Humpback Observed Earlier This Summer Washes Up in the Gaspé

30 November 2023 On Wednesday, October 25, a humpback whale carcass washed up in Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis in the Gaspé Peninsula. It was a male between three and five years old and was eventually identified.…

A Frenzy of Humpback Whales!

9 November 2023 Humpback whales were at it again this week, giving us perhaps one last chance to admire their antics in the estuary before they depart for tropical waters. These at-sea sightings…

Humpback Whales: Between River and Sky

11 October 2023 September 14, 2023 will remain a date forever engraved in my memory. It was a strange and surreal day, Which I will try to summarize here in words and with…

Humpbacks in the Gaspé and Concerns in the Estuary

8 June 2023 After a quiet start to the season, humpback whales are now making a long-awaited return to Gaspésie, with between six and eight individuals having been observed over the past few…

The reasons behind an exceptional year for humpback

24 May 2023 “First time ever,” “extraordinary,” “record...” After a while, observers describing the 2021 whale-watching season in the estuary began to run out of superlatives. Researchers and cruise-goers alike were surprised by…

“The Humpbacks are Here!”

1 May 2023 “You’ll see, tomorrow morning there will be humpbacks in Les Bergeronnes,” claims Renaud Pintiaux, a long-time observer forWhales Online. Gut feeling, given that a dozen or so individuals had been…

Not one… not two… but six humpbacks!

25 November 2022 This week, a few humpback whales were still present in the St. Lawrence and residents were even treated to an unexpected observation of a fin whale. Despite the swell on…