New Insights Into Pygmy Blue Whale Reproduction and Migration

First-ever footage of a mother nursing her calf and sightings of the youngest calf in Australian waters reveal crucial behaviors.

Scientists captured the first video of a blue whale calf suckling from its mother off Timor-Leste.
A tiny pygmy blue whale calf, believed to be the youngest ever seen in Australia, was spotted off the Ningaloo coast.
Research indicates that Timor-Leste's waters are critical for blue whale reproduction and migration.
The decade-long study also documented mating behaviors and other intimate interactions among pygmy blue whales.
Collaboration between researchers and citizen scientists has been vital in uncovering these behaviors and migration patterns.