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humpback whales

Breaching for the sky — a high and mighty whale display

PHOTO ESSAY

Breaching for the sky — a high and mighty whale display

By Lloyd Edwards

Whale superhighways along the West Coast — a conservation success story

GIANT COMEBACK

Whale superhighways along the West Coast — a conservation success story

By Gunnar Oberhosel

Volunteer boat crews free entangled juvenile whale off Simon’s Town coast

MARINE LIFE

Volunteer boat crews free entangled juvenile whale off Simon’s Town coast

By Ethan van Diemen

Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

The Conversation

Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

By Vanessa Pirotta

South Africa conspicuous by its absence from International Whaling Commission meeting

CRUCIAL GATHERING

South Africa conspicuous by its absence from International Whaling Commission meeting

By Julia Evans

What the Shell: Why Wild Coast seismic surveys rattle the sea's great migrating whales

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

What the Shell: Why Wild Coast seismic surveys rattle the sea's great migrating whales

By Rio Button for Roving Reporters

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

SEA CHANGE

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

By Julia Evans