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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’

A humpback mother and calf at Kiama, Australia
A humpback mother and baby at Kiama, NSW. Scientists say more research is needed to establish why calves are being seen so far south. Photograph: Vanessa Risku

Baby humpback whales are turning up in unexpected places.

In Australia, humpback mums were assumed to travel north to give birth in warmer, tropical waters – like the Great Barrier Reef – before migrating south with their calves along the “humpback highway” to feed in waters off Antarctica.

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