The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales
This story originally appeared in Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8 years old, his father decided it was about time he started learning to…
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Sound reveals giant blue whales dance with the wind to find food
A study by MBARI researchers and their collaborators published today in Ecology Letters sheds new light on the movements of mysterious, endangered blue whales. The research team used a…
Why whales don’t get brain damage when they swim
Special blood vessels in whale brains may protect them from pulses, caused by swimming, in their blood that would damage the brain, new UBC research has suggested.
There are many theories as…
New 3D model shows: Megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales
Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is famous for its huge, human-hand-sized teeth. However, there is little fossil evidence of its whole body. International researchers in…
150 southern fin whales observed feeding together: For the first time since the ban on whaling,…
After blue whales, fin whales are the largest whales in the world -- and human beings have hunted both species to near-extinction. After the ban on commercial whaling in 1976, the stocks of…
No Man’s Sky Leviathan Update Adds Space Whales And A Roguelike Campaign
Time is slightly broken in No Man's Sky's latest update, Leviathan, and the only way out is to engage in a roguelike-style adventure. Out today, the Leviathan expedition…
‘No Man’s Sky’ introduces space whales with Leviathan update
A new update for No Man’s Sky went live earlier today (May 25) with the Leviathan update bringing a host of exciting new additions to the survival game.
Announcing the new expedition,…
No Man’s Sky: Leviathan Expedition Out Today, Includes Space Whales And Roguelike Time Loop
Developer Hello Games just released the Outlaws update for No Man’s Sky back in April alongside news that its next project won’t be a sequel to the sci-fi title, and now, the studio has…
A whale’s tale: The story hidden in their mouths
Scientists from UNSW Sydney have uncovered the secrets locked in the jawlines of humpback and southern right whales. Baleen plates -- the signature bristle-like apparatus toothless whales…
Whale Language May Be Soon Decoded by AI, Scientists Suggest
Scientists may not be very far away from decoding the language of whales. An interdisciplinary group of scientists have started collecting data in order to use artificial intelligence (AI)…