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Humpback Whale ‘Supergroups’ Show a Species Roaring Back From Whaling

Off South Africa’s west coast in December 2025, observers documented 299 humpback whales gathered in a single feeding “supergroup.” Once hunted to fewer than 10,000 in the Southern Hemisphere, humpbacks now number more than 100,000 — a landmark conservation comeback.

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