Humpback Whales: Sources & Further Reading
The information on our Humpback Whales in Bermuda page is drawn from the sources below, which are also well worth reading if you would like to find out more.
Migration and behaviour in Bermuda
- Somers Isles and Adjacent Seamounts IMMA
Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (IUCN). Bermuda as a stopover on both migrations; peak numbers mid-March to late April. - History, migration and present status of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae at Bermuda
Stone et al., Biological Conservation, 1987. - Whale Watching Guidelines
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Bermuda.
The journey south
- North Atlantic Humpback Whale Migratory Corridor IMMA
Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (IUCN). - Humpback Whale Migration Corridor Approved
Bernews, February 2025. - Seasonal and diel patterns in singing activity of humpback whales migrating through Bermuda
Narganes Homfeldt, Risch, Stevenson & Henry, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 (recordings at Challenger Bank and the Bermuda platform, 2018–19).
Frank Watlington and the songs of the humpback whale
- Frank Watlington and Bermuda's Role in Recording Whale Songs
The Bermudian magazine. - Songs of Humpback Whales
Payne & McVay, Science, 1971 (credits the Bermuda recordings to Frank Watlington). - Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970)
US Library of Congress, National Recording Registry, 2010. - These unearthly whale songs helped save humpbacks from extinction
National Geographic (on the January 1979 flexi-disc record). - Flexi disc
Wikipedia (10.5 million copies of the 1979 National Geographic disc).
Andrew Stevenson and Whales Bermuda
- Whales Bermuda
Andrew Stevenson's research, fluke catalogue and films. - Stevenson's Whale Film Wins Festival Awards
Bernews, September 2026. - Stevenson whales documentary tops charts at global film festival
The Royal Gazette, 30 September 2026.
Bermuda's whaling history
- History of Bermuda shore whaling, mainly for humpback whales
Reeves, McKenzie & Smith, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (International Whaling Commission), 2006. - A History of Whaling in Bermuda
The Bermudian magazine.