Tag: Animals, biology, Evolution, whales, Wildlife
Sperm whales may have their own ‘alphabet’
Sperm whales have their own unique cultures, accents, and potentially a phonetic alphabet. A team from MIT’s Computer Science &...
Toothed whales traded chewing for echolocation to evolve
Dolphins and other toothed whales–or Odontocetes–use their heads to create sounds that help them communicate, navigate, and hunt in...
Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos
The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but humans have only visited and mapped 5 percent of them. They remain...
Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time
When their kin aren’t attacking boats and porpoises or monitoring their large adult sons, some pods of orca whales are also known to...
Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI
Researchers using an AI photo-scanning tool similar to facial recognition have learned that there’s been a 20% decline in North Pacific...
We finally know how baleen whales make noise
Baleen whales, including today’s blue, humpback, and fin whales rely on sounds to live in their watery world. Their songs must be able...
How echolocation lets bats, dolphins, and even people navigate by sound
In an environment without light, or where sight is otherwise useless, some creatures have learned to thrive by sound. They rely on calls,...
New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife
Climate change is often in the form of extremes in weather like sweltering heat domes, devastating inland flooding or record breaking...
The truth behind animal resistance memes
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Memes galore centered on the “orca revolution” have inundated the online...
This tiny, 8-foot long whale swam off Egypt’s coast 41 million years ago
Antarctic blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, can reach 98 feet from mouth to tail. But to get to this massive length, these mammals...
