Whales are superlative creatures. They are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. Humans have a complex relationship with whales they fill us with ...
Researchers using electronic tags were able to monitor blue and fin whales off the coast of Southern California over multiple weeks, providing new insight into the feeding behaviors of the two largest whalespecies. The researchers also found evidence of differences in the feeding intensity and ha...
The 37-million-year-old fossil bones were so large, experts thought they were boulders. They may have come from the heaviest animal that ever lived.
to study which species it belongs to D. using methods friendly to the whales8. The study leader is Juan Pablo Torres-Florez A. who recorded the longest journey of blue whales B. who got the whales' DN A in 1998 C. who first recognized blue whales' back fin D. who uses the ...
The process of carbon sequestration helps reduce climate impact, because it locks away carbon that otherwise would have warmed the planet somewhere else for hundreds, if not thousands of years.Yet whales are threatened, with six out of 13 great whale species classified as endangered or vulnerable ...
We mostly can’t see it around us, and too few of us seem to care – but nonetheless, scientists are increasingly convinced that the world is barreling towards what has been called a “sixth mass extinction” event. Simply put, species are going extinct at a rate ...
Roughly the shape of contemporary whales, ichthyosaurs had elongated bodies and erect tail fins. Fossils are concentrated in North America and Europe, but ichthyosaurs have also been found in South America, Asia, and Australia. Giant species have mostly been unearthed in North America, with scanty...
The Dwarf Sperm Whale is the smallest species commonly known as a whale. It grows up to nine (9) feet in length and 551 pounds in weight- making it smaller than the bigger dolphins.
根据第三段第二句The area is considered important in terms of biodiversity, featuring nearly 35 species of whales and dolphins, 150 types of fish and three of the world’s seven sea turtle species.(就生物多样性而言,该地区被认为是重要的,具有近35种的鲸鱼和海豚,150种鱼和7种世界海龟中的3...
Blue whales are surprisingly difficult to study because they are found in all the world’s oceans but live in deep waters. Moreover, the species nearly died out as a result of hunting a century ago. Populations are recovering thanks to the laws, but because there are so few of the animal...