Global Humpback Recovery

Study by Titova et al. reports global humpback population at 80,000, up from 10,000.
Protection and feeding strategies drove recovery after whaling ban.
Humpbacks use low-energy hunting for survival.
100 whales in Senyavin Strait switched to krill after polar cod vanished.
Australia's humpback population rebounded to 50,000 with more sightings.
Humpbacks move north into Arctic habitats as sea ice retreats.
Ice-dependent species like bowhead, beluga, and narwhal are vulnerable.

Conservation | Marine Life | Ecology

Australia | Arctic

Olga Titova | Olga Filatova

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