Tagging humpback whales in Antarctica 'felt like a story of survival for all of us': Reporter's notebook ABC News' James Longman reports on scientists' conservation efforts.

This is one of the richest habitats for marine life in Antarctica, and a focal point for fishing, tourism and - before it was ...

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century ...

Researchers in Australia have significant concerns about local humpback whale populations in the Southern Ocean due to recent ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most ...

Whale songs near Antarctic have become flat over the last 10 years and scientists said that climate change is a contributing factor.

A Stanford study found that the hunting of Antarctic krill has damaged the ability of whale populations in the Southern Ocean to recover.

The Antarctic Endeavour glides across the water’s silky surface as dozens of fin whales spray rainbows from their blowholes into a fairy tale icescape of massive glaciers. But as a patrol of ...