A recent study brings hope for Antarctic blue whales, suggesting their numbers may finally be rebounding after decades of severe decline.
These massive creatures, the largest to ever exist, were hunted to near-extinction, with their population plunging from 125,000 in the early 1900s to a few thousand.
Now, protected by whaling bans, these gentle giants seem to be making a gradual comeback.
Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division monitored whale songs recorded from 2006 to 2021 using listening devices across the Southern Ocean.
They noticed an encouraging …
