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Baleen Whales’ Hearing Tested for the First Time, Scientists Discover New Capabilities
Juvenile minke whales were temporarily captured in a Norwegian study to investigate their hearing. Results published in Science showed that baleen whales detect ultrasonic frequencies, possibly aiding in predator evasion. This breakthrough, despite ethical debates, could influence ocean noise regulation. Critics raised concerns about stress and har...
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Scientists Discover Anatomy Behind Songs Of Baleen Whales
It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Now scientists have finally figured out how these filter-feeding marine mammals do it.
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How Did Whales Get So Big, So Fast? Paleontologists Say They've Figured It Out.
Blue whales are the most massive animals to exist in the history of animals. Dreadnoughtusand those other thundering, 60-ton dinosaurs? Bantamweights next to one of today's 100-ton Balaenoptera musculus.
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Mysterious Creature Washes Ashore In Indonesia, Turns Water Red
The unusual discovery, especially as the creature started to turn the waters around it red, has attracted scores of locals and marine scientists to the area.
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Why Bowhead Whales Undergo Severe Bone Loss?
Young bowhead whales may cease growing lengthwise and undergo severe bone loss to help grow their enormous head and baleen plates, finds a new study.
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Baleen Whales’ Hearing Tested for the First Time, Scientists Discover New Capabilities
Juvenile minke whales were temporarily captured in a Norwegian study to investigate their hearing. Results published in Science showed that baleen whales detect ultrasonic frequencies, possibly aiding in predator evasion. This breakthrough, despite ethical debates, could influence ocean noise regulation. Critics raised concerns about stress and har...
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Scientists Discover Anatomy Behind Songs Of Baleen Whales
It is one of Earth's most haunting sounds - the "singing" of baleen whales like the humpback, heard over vast distances in the watery realm. Now scientists have finally figured out how these filter-feeding marine mammals do it.
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How Did Whales Get So Big, So Fast? Paleontologists Say They've Figured It Out.
Blue whales are the most massive animals to exist in the history of animals. Dreadnoughtusand those other thundering, 60-ton dinosaurs? Bantamweights next to one of today's 100-ton Balaenoptera musculus.
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Mysterious Creature Washes Ashore In Indonesia, Turns Water Red
The unusual discovery, especially as the creature started to turn the waters around it red, has attracted scores of locals and marine scientists to the area.
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Why Bowhead Whales Undergo Severe Bone Loss?
Young bowhead whales may cease growing lengthwise and undergo severe bone loss to help grow their enormous head and baleen plates, finds a new study.
