Posted by: Sandy Steinman | November 17, 2019

Humpback Whale Population On The Rise 

EarthSky reports

After a near-miss with extinction, a population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded.

A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of extinction.

According to a new study, published October 16, 2019 in the peer-reviewd journal Royal Society Open Science, the western South Atlantic humpback population has grown to 25,000. Researchers believe this new estimate is close to pre-whaling numbers.

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