In mid‑June, a rare case of mammalian altruism unfolded off the coast of Western Australia. A pod of dolphins escorted a young humpback whale from the confines of a shallow bay into deeper water.

When a massive ocean creature became lost in the Koombana Bay of Western Australia, a pod of dolphins stepped in to help. Getty Images/iStock Photo In the month of June, tens of thousands of humpback ...

Olaf Meynecke receives funding from the Whales and Climate Research Program through a private, charitable trust and is a board member of the not for profit organisation Humpbacks and Highrises Inc. As ...

In the month of June, tens of thousands of humpback whales make the journey from the freezing waters around Antarctica to warmer waters. They work their way up the coast of Western Australia to their ...

As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian coast, there are reports of dolphins joining the mass movement. But this isn’t a one off. In fact, ...

Male humpback dolphins off the northern coast of Western Australia have been spotted with sea sponges on their heads, with researchers claiming that this unusual behaviour is a mating tactic used to ...