Humpback whales off the west coast of Canada have learned a cooperative hunting technique from whales migrating into the area, and this cultural knowledge may help the population cope as food becomes ...

Humpback whales will sometimes use an intricate strategy to catch food called bubble-net feeding. A new study suggests they're spreading the knowledge of how to do it to each other.

Humpback whales are teaching each other a feeding technique called bubble netting, and it's helping a Canadian population recover from whaling.

An innovative feeding behaviour has spread rapidly through humpback whales in the fjords of western Canada, in a clear example of how cultural knowledge can help animal populations to survive.

To test whether bubble-net feeding spreads through social learning, the team employed a method known as network-based diffusion analysis. The idea is straightforward: if a new behavior moves through a ...

In a surprising discovery, a new study reveals that among seven species of baleen whales, only the humpback is capable of the high-performance turns required for its signature bubble-net feeding ...

Humpback whales play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems by linking distant oceanic regions through their extensive migratory journeys. Their annual movements between high‐latitude, productive feeding ...

Everyone waits with bated breath, watching seagulls circle over the water. We break our collective focus to make excited eye contact when a faint vocalization comes through the hydrophone. “Get your ...

Up to 2,000 humpbacks are estimated to be feeding along the West Coast this summer, according to the Happywhale project. Humpback whales may have declined to as low as 5,000 globally after industrial ...