Fewer than one in 14 male humpback whales in New Caledonia are fathers

Reproduction is ‘very rare’ for a humpback male, study of South Pacific whales findsAs few as 7% of male humpback whales in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific may have fathered offspring, a study has found.The paternity analysis found that 93% of males had no evidence of genetic offspring throughout the 25-year study period and no male had sired more than two offspring. It was unclear why some males were more successful than others, the authors said. Continue reading...