A year tracking an Australian southern right whale @universitywa
A year tracking an Australian southern right whale  @universitywa
Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For the first time ever, researchers have tracked the complete migration cycle of an Australian southern right whale in detail, following it over 6,000 km from near Albany in Western Australia to Antarctica and back again – and, remarkably, along sections of its migration it followed the exact same route.



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