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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Humpback whale makes record journey of more than 13,000km from South America to Africa

View of the tail of a humpback whale
A whale’s tail, or ‘flukeprint’, is as unique and identifiable as a fingerprint and was key to identifying the whale in question. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

A humpback whale has journeyed more than 13,000km from South America to Africa, which researchers say is the longest distance ever recorded for an individual whale.

New research published in Royal Society Open Science recorded sightings of a male humpback whale, initially spotted near the coast of Colombia and recorded nearly a decade later near Zanzibar, Africa.

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