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1,417 results for: Whales

  1. 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
  2. Animals

    ‘The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins’ offers window into cetacean societies

    Dolphins and whales pass cultural knowledge to one another, the authors of a new book argue.

    By Kate Baggaley
  3. Genetics

    For penguins, it’s a matter of no taste

    Penguins lack taste genes for bitter, sweet and umami.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Paleontology

    Earliest tree-dweller, burrower join mammal tree of life

    Fossils show mammal ancestors did a lot more than cower in dinosaurs’ shadows.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Earth

    Mineral hunting, mob math and more reader feedback

    Readers ask about Earth's most abundant mineral and discuss the notoriously unpredictable behavior of pedestrians.

    By Science News Staff
  6. Ecosystems

    Noise made by humans can be bad news for animals

    Animals live in a world of sounds. Clever experiments are finally teasing out how human-made noise can cause dangerous distractions.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Ecosystems

    ‘Earth: A New Wild’ puts people in the picture

    PBS nature series ‘Earth: A New Wild’ shows humans living with, and not off, their environments

    By Bethany Brookshire
  8. Animals

    Bowhead whales may unlock the secrets to a long, healthy life

    Analyzing the genome of the bowhead whale may help scientists understand how the animals live for more than 200 years.

    By Kate Baggaley
  9. 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
  10. Earth

    Earth’s most abundant mineral finally has a name

    Bridgmanite, the planet’s most common mineral, christened after traces found in 1879 meteorite.

    By Thomas Sumner
  11. Animals

    Just enough fat is good for an elephant seal

    Fat affects the buoyancy of marine mammals. As elephant seals get fatter, they can spend less energy swimming and more time foraging, a new study finds.

    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