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whale, evolution
Grandmother Orcas Help Young Whales Survive and Thrive: Study
Lisa Winter | Dec 11, 2019 | 2 min read
Post-menopausal orcas tied to an increase in calf survival by providing food, care, and guidance.
The Narluga: New Insights from Old Bones
Ashley Yeager | Oct 1, 2019 | 4 min read
DNA analysis of a bizarre, 30-year-old whale skull serves as a reminder of the secrets that museum specimens keep about the natural world.
Image of the Day: Hybrid Cetacean
Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 21, 2019 | 1 min read
The DNA of a whale shows its father was a beluga and its mother was a narwhal.
Found: Missing Link in Whale Evolutionary History
Ashley P. Taylor | Nov 29, 2018 | 2 min read
A toothless whale fossil without signs of baleen could help explain how the whale filtration system evolved.
Hot Off the Presses
Bob Grant | Jul 1, 2016 | 3 min read
The Scientist reviews Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism, and Love and Ruin
Whales Saved From Highway Project
Bob Grant | Nov 21, 2011 | 1 min read
A team of paleontologists is racing to recover dozens of fossilized whale skeletons from the site of a road building excavation in northern Chile.