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Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University

Is Migaloo ... dead? As climate change transforms the ocean, the iconic white humpback has been missing for two years

It’s that time of year again, when the humpback highway is about to hit peak blubber to blubber as humpback whales migrate up Australia’s east and west coasts from Antarctic waters.

They’re headed to the whale disco – warm breeding waters where males will sing their whale song to attract female company, and pregnant females will birth their calves.

Already this season we’ve seen dolphins dancing with whales, dwarf minke whales with their calves, killer whales and a re-sighting of Curly, the humpback with an unusual curved tail. That’s only just the beginning.

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