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03. Humpback Whales - The Reef's Sanctuary Returned

03. Humpback Whales - The Reef's Sanctuary Returned

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In this episode of the Wild Systems Podcast, we travel along the migration paths of a single humpback whale as she threads her way through the Great Barrier Reef. We follow her from Antarctic feeding grounds to tropical calving bays and back again, watching how an entire archipelago of human decisions—whaling bans, shipping rules, acoustic monitoring, and reef management—has quietly reshaped the odds of her survival. Along the way, we look closely at the data behind one of the world’s most striking marine conservation success stories, and at how those same strategies intersect with other efforts on the Reef that have struggled, from coral bleaching to the fight against crown-of-thorns starfish.

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