Daily Maverick

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we will send you a mail with a link or one-time pin to login

Sign in with OAuth

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

humpback whales

Whale superhighways along the West Coast — a conservation success story

South Africa

Whale superhighways along the West Coast — a conservation success story

By Gunnar Oberhosel

Volunteer boat crews free entangled juvenile whale off Simon’s Town coast

South Africa

Volunteer boat crews free entangled juvenile whale off Simon’s Town coast

By Ethan van Diemen

Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

Maverick Life

Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway

By Vanessa Pirotta

South Africa conspicuous by its absence from International Whaling Commission meeting

Our Burning Planet

South Africa conspicuous by its absence from International Whaling Commission meeting

By Julia Evans

What the Shell: Why Wild Coast seismic surveys rattle the sea's great migrating whales

South Africa

What the Shell: Why Wild Coast seismic surveys rattle the sea's great migrating whales

By Rio Button for Roving Reporters

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

South Africa

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

By Julia Evans