Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.
A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.
The Hawaiian Islands humpback whale population is a large source of tourism for the islands due to the number of whale ...
As humpback whales recover, older males are fathering more calves, revealing how whaling still shapes mating and competition ...
A new study shows that as humpback whale populations recover from past whaling, older males are gaining a major advantage in reproduction. Early in the recovery, breeding groups were dominated by ...