Brazil's humpbacks have gone from a thousand animals to more than thirty thousand. Now the tourism that recovery created has become the newest threat to it.
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Key Facts
—The recovery. Brazil’s humpback population has grown from about 1,000 animals in 1988 to more than 30,000 today.
—The season. Whales pass the Rio coast between June and November, with the Cagarras Islands the city’s main viewing ground.
—The journey. They swim nearly 9,000km a year between Antarctic feeding grounds and Brazilian breeding waters.
Humpback whales are renowned for their extensive migrations, traversing vast distances across major oceans in predictable…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sightings of humpback whales off Rio de Janeiro’s coast are surging as they recover from decimation due to…
Migration season for the animals heading to the Northeast runs from May to August
A pair of humpback whales swam record-breaking journeys between the eastern shores of Australia and breeding grounds in Brazil,…
Durante el invierno austral, miles de ballenas recorren unos 4.000 kilómetros desde el Océano Austral hasta las áreas de cría…
Two humpback whales have made one of the longest known crossings ever documented between breeding areas.
