Humpback whales sometimes use this very intricate, very cool strategy to catch fish. It is called bubble-net feeding. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, a new study suggests the whales are teaching each ...

An innovative feeding behaviour has spread rapidly through humpback whales in the fjords of western Canada, in a clear example of how cultural knowledge can help animal populations to survive.

Whale researcher Janie Wray vividly remembers the first time she saw humpbacks bubble-net feeding on the northern B.C. coast more than 20 years ago. First, the mournful calls begin at depth, followed ...