As humpback whales recover, older males are fathering more calves, revealing how whaling still shapes mating and competition ...

New research reveals older singing male whales are increasingly successful at siring offspring compared to younger males. The ...

A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to so few babies this birthing season that it has raised alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the ...

A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...

A southern right whale swims with its calves in the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 5, 2022. Southern right whales are no longer reproducing at normal rates due to climate-induced changes ...

The number of North Atlantic right whales has grown slightly, continuing a recent positive trend that has researchers "cautiously optimistic" about the critically endangered species. The whale ...

Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Australia’s southern coast are having calves less often than they used to. A ...

New research from the University of St Andrews published in Current Biology, has shown that the role of age in male humpback ...