WHALE ‘SUPERGROUPS’ SHOW NUMBERS ARE REBOUNDING FROM HUNTING. BUT IRAN WAR HOLDS DANGERS FOR THEM

A humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens north of Sydney, Australia, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File) 2026-07-26T02:23:14Z CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African couple found themselves in a rare situation when they witnessed a humpback whale “supergroup” consisting of nearly 300 of…

Associated Press reports that a humpback whale breaches off the coast of Port Stephens north of Sydney, Australia, June 18, 2025.

The report adds: (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File) 2026-07-26T02:23:14Z CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A South African couple found themselves in a rare situation when they witnessed a humpback whale “supergroup” consisting of nearly 300 of…

It’s an indication, scientists say, of how some whale species numbers have strongly rebounded in the southern hemisphere oceans decades after an international whale hunting ban came into effect in 1986.

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