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1,410 results for: Whales

  1. Animals

    Algal toxin impairs sea lion memory

    California sea lions that have brain damage linked to domoic acid poisoning have impaired spatial memory, a new study finds.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  2. Animals

    Ocean animals have bulked up since ancient eras

    Marine animals today are much larger on average than they were in the Cambrian Period.

    By Kate Baggaley
  3. Life

    Search is on for missing pieces in puzzle of male genital diversity

    The debate over extreme diversity of male genitalia needs to rethink the female side. And the landscape.

    By Susan Milius
  4. 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.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  5. Animals

    Rabbits leave a mark on soil long after they are gone

    Twenty years after rabbits were removed from a sub-Antarctic island, soil fungus has yet to return to normal, a study finds.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  6. Paleontology

    Hippo history extracted from fossil teeth found in Kenya

    Fossilized teeth from the newly identified Epirigenys lokonensis, an ancestor of the hippopotamus, are filling in some of the mammoth mammal’s history.

    By Ashley Yeager
  7. Paleontology

    Fossils illustrate evolution of life

    Paleontologist Donald Prothero takes readers through the evolution of life on Earth from the earliest oozes of goo to our recent relative Lucy.

    By Ashley Yeager
  8. Science & Society

    Visualizing Earth’s past, finding numbers in nature, and more

    Exhibits at science museums around the country showcase the vastness of geologic time, whale evolution, life in ancient Maya civilization, and the mathematics hidden in nature.

    By Science News Staff
  9. Animals

    Submariners’ ‘bio-duck’ is probably a whale

    First acoustic tags on Antarctic minke whales suggest the marine mammals are the long-sought source of the mysterious bio-duck sound.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Astronomy

    Wandering planets, the smell of rain and more reader feedback

    Readers consider how hard it would be to fashion Paleolithic tools, discuss what to call free-floating worlds and more.

    By Science News Staff
  11. 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.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  12. Animals

    Dolphins appear to perceive magnetic fields

    Bottlenose dolphins take less time to start exploring a magnetized block, suggesting they can sense magnetic fields.

    By Ashley Yeager