Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals why
24 February 2021
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are much better at fighting cancer than we are, and a DNA analysis brings us closer to understanding why cetaceans can do this
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Found 32 results for baleen whale
A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico
28 January 2021
Baleen whales include the largest animals ever to exist, but despite their size, they remain mysterious – and a new species has just been found near the US south coast
Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones
9 July 2020
A fossil of an ancient giant tusked dolphin lacks the extra vertebrae and short pectoral bones that make fast swimmers of dolphins and baleen whales, which later independently evolved these traits
Huge whales may have evolved millions of years earlier than we thought
1 May 2019
It was thought baleen whales suddenly evolved to be massive 2.5 million years ago, but new evidence suggests the change was more gradual and much earlier
Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean
29 November 2018
A 33-million-year-old-fossil suggests some whales evolved baleens for filter feeding only after losing their teeth, so they must have sucked food from the water
Whales sneak into shallow water to eat salmon from hatcheries
11 July 2017
Humpbacks have been spotted feeding on baby salmon bred for release into the wild to restock fisheries for the first time, competing with fishermen
‘Missing link’ whale could filter feed and hunt larger prey
29 June 2017
A whale that lived 30 million years ago had extraordinary back teeth for sieving out small prey, while its front teeth let it catch big prey too
Largest ever shark was doomed by its taste for dwarf whales
12 January 2017
The 16-metre-long megalodon may have fed on small marine mammals, and when they went extinct, so did the sharks
Boom time for whales in the Arctic driven by the loss of sea ice
6 September 2016
The unprecedented loss of sea ice at high latitudes has one benefit – it has created ideal conditions for baleen whales
Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales
18 April 2013
When Antarctica froze over it transformed the ecosystems in the surrounding oceans, and may even have driven the evolution of baleen whales
