Humpback Whale Eyesight Weaker than Previously Believed, Study Finds

Unlike other cetaceans, the humpback whale, the world's largest animal, cannot compensate for this mediocre vision by echolocalization, which consists of sending sounds to spot itself in space.

How Do Whales Sleep? They're Always Half Awake (Literally)

It’s a question that puzzles many ocean lovers: How do whales sleep without drowning? Unlike us, whales are voluntary breathers, meaning they have to consciously come up for their next breath. That makes their sleeping habits pretty unique among marine mammals.

Humpback whales may not see their most dangerous threats

Better understanding how humpbacks and other whales see could inspire “strategies for making fishing gear more visible” and help the whales avoid deadly encounters with humans.

Humpback whale eyesight weaker than previously believed, study finds

A team of marine biologists at the University of North Carolina and Duke University has found humpback whales have poorer eyesight than previously assumed. In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group dissected and tested the left eye of a humpback whale.

Humpback whales found to be calving in colder waters near Tasmania, NZ

A humpback calf with mother off the Kiama coast, NSW. Photo: Vanessa Risku Humpback whales are giving birth far from the tropics, in waters as far south as Tasmania and southern New Zealand, says a new study. The UNSW-led study took a look at more than 200 sightings of humpback calves filed by whale watchers, the public and government agencies from Queensland to Tasmania and to New Zealand’s South Island. “Historically, we believed that…