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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…

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…

Humpback Whale Season Winding Down

10 November 2022 As winter approaches, migratory whale species are slowly beginning to leave. Although humpback whales are becoming more scarce, the waters of the St. Lawrence are still full of life. Belugas,…

Do whales exhibit altruism? (Part 1 of 3) The Example of Humpback Whales

29 September 2022 It is difficult to determine with certainty the altruistic character of a given animal behaviour. Indeed, guessing their motive is no easy task! However, researchers have certainly documented what appears…

Humpback Whale ‘Rumba’ in Mexico

21 March 2022 For the past few years, I’ve been making the occasional winter trip to Mexico, just for the sake of warming up my old bones. I always take the opportunity to…

Twelve Years of Encounters with Humpback Whale H626 (a.k.a. BBR/Gaspar)

19 January 2022 For many years now, I have regularly gone out on the water every summer as well as a good part of the fall in search of cetaceans, both in the…

Conceiving the Inconceivable (2/2): Templates for Humpback Whale Songs

5 August 2021 As early as the 1980s, whale song research pioneer Roger Payne stated that “It is inconceivable that such rapid and complete turnover of the song material [in humpback whales] could…