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Apr. 1, 2021 A new study shows that the similarly smooth, nearly hairless skin of whales and hippopotamuses evolved independently. The work suggests that their last common ancestor was likely a land-dwelling ...
Feb. 14, 2023 Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean -- but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have ...
Aug. 16, 2021 New research is shedding light on how the nasal passage of dolphins and whales shifts during embryonic development from emerging at the tip of the snout to emerging at the top of the head as a ...
May 5, 2021 Marine scientists are calling on the EU to adopt a comprehensive plan to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries bycatch in European waters. To help address the bycatch issue, which is the ...
Sep. 2, 2022 Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles? A study has looked into the possible ...
Oct. 21, 2021 A study explores how human-caused changes on land can affect aquatic animals, specifically in the case of the fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus ...
Mar. 7, 2022 A new study provides vital clues on when killer whales began feeding on other marine ...
July 12, 2023 New fossil mammal specimens from Caribbean Panama suggest ongoing marine interchange during the final stages of formation of the isthmus connecting North and South ...
Mar. 1, 2022 Scientists used an emerging genetic tool that analyzes DNA in water samples to detect whales and dolphins in New York ...
May 12, 2022 Biologists have successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behaviur of the little-known species Sowerby's beaked whale. The team's first results show ...