Whales feel the (sun)burn
Whales have been shown to increase the pigment in their skin in response to sunshine, just as we get a tan.
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Aug 30, 2013
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Scientists peek into giant squid's gene pool
Scientists announced they had peeked into the DNA of the giant squid, seeking to demystify a deep-sea creature that has haunted sailors' dreams for centuries.
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2013
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How to make high-end perfumes without whale barf
University of British Columbia researchers have identified a gene in balsam fir trees that could facilitate cheaper and more sustainable production of plant-based fixatives and scents used in the fragrance industry and reduce ...
Biochemistry
Apr 5, 2012
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Basketball-sized eyes help squids play defense
Giant and colossal squids have eyes as big as basketballs, and a Duke scientist thinks he knows why.
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2012
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Study finds evidence of sperm whale culture
Differences in the patterned clicks that sperm whales use to communicate with each other seem to be down to culture and not genetics, say researchers.
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2011
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Giant kraken lair discovered
Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain, or so ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 10, 2011
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Biologists interpret the language of sperm whales
When they dive together, sperm whales make patterns of clicks to each other known as "codas". Recent findings suggest that, not only do different codas mean different things, but that whales can also tell which member of ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2011
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Sperm whales have individual personalities
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Animal Behaviour by Dalhousie University biologists Hal Whitehead and Shane Gero, the concept that sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are individuals is being learned.
Sunburnt whales: Rising UV radiation could be damaging whales' skin
Whales exhibit skin damage consistent with acute sunburn in humans, and it seems to be getting worse over time, reveals research published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2010
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Researchers find first genetic evidence for loss of teeth in the common ancestor of baleen whales
(PhysOrg.com) -- In contrast to a toothed whale, which retains teeth that aid in capturing prey, a living baleen whale (e.g., blue whale, fin whale, humpback, bowhead) has lost its teeth and must sift zooplankton and small ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2010
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