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Historic Footage: Drone Captures First-Ever Humpback Whale Birth
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Historic Footage: Drone Captures First-Ever Humpback Whale Birth

High above the New South Wales coast, drone pilot Alexander Forrest witnessed a truly extraordinary event: the birth of a humpback whale. This marks only the fourth time a humpback…

01 Aug 2026

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Fishes are a diverse group of aquatic vertebrates, comprising both cartilaginous species, such as sharks and rays, and bony species. Sizes range from…

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Hurghada
29° sea33° air15 km/h
Marsa Alam
30° sea36° air14 km/h
Sharm El Sheikh
30° sea35° air19 km/h
Dahab
29° sea35° air13 km/h
Aqaba
29° sea34° air7 km/h
Yanbu
28° sea38° air13 km/h
Jeddah
30° sea36° air8 km/h
Port Sudan
32° sea37° air11 km/h
Massawa
34° sea35° air14 km/h
Djibouti
32° sea39° air23 km/h
Did you know

The Napoleon Wrasse can live up to 30 years and change sex from female to male as it matures.