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  1. Oceans

    Whales and ships don’t mix well

    A 15-year study of blue whales off California has found that major shipping lanes cut through feeding grounds.

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  2. Oceans

    Dusk heralds a feeding frenzy in the waters off Oahu

    Even dolphins benefit when layers of organisms in the water column overlap for a short period.

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  3. Animals

    Dolphin without a name

    While splitting the dolphin family tree, researchers found a new species.

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  4. Animals

    The Ice Age was harsh on orcas

    Killer whale DNA shows that climate change resulted in declines for most populations.

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  5. Animals

    Small sperm whale species share a diet

    Dwarf and pygmy species of sperm whales overlap in what they eat, and that could be a problem as the food web changes around them.

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  6. Animals

    Seeking the loneliest whale

    An enigmatic whale roams the North Pacific, and next year Bruce Mate will lead a monthlong expedition to find it.

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  7. Animals

    Porpoises Can Teach Man Marine Diving, Detection

    Excerpt from the September 7, 1963, issue of Science News Letter

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  8. Letters

    Consciousness series pondered Hofstadter’s “strange loop” and other ideas presented in the article “Self as symbol” (SN: 2/11/12, p. 28) suggest, but never say, that the notion of “I” exists in the dimension of time, not space. Obviously then, consciousness is not a tangible object — not any part of the brain. Rather, the “I” […]

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  9. Book Review: The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

    Review by Sid Perkins.

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  10. Life

    One ocean, four (or more) killer whale species

    Killer whales may be at least four species, a new study of mitochondrial DNA shows.

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  11. Life

    One ocean, four (or more) killer whale species

    A new genetic analysis splits killer whales into multiple taxa.

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  12. Life

    Evolutionary genetic relationships coming into focus

    Researchers have filled in about 40 percent of the tree of life for mammals and birds, but other vertebrates lag behind.

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