Evolutionary adaptations resulting from cultural change, such as humans being able to consume dairy products, are more widespread in nature than previously thought.
Evolution
Jun 3, 2019
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In January 2019, an international team of scientists working off the tip of southern Chile got their first live look at what might be a new species of killer whale. Called Type D, the whales were previously known only from ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2019
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A team of experts convened by Professor Sir Charles Godfray of the Oxford Martin School has found evidence that suggests humans are dumping more chemical waste into the environment than can be tested for its impact. In their ...
Killer whales display personality traits similar to those of humans and chimpanzees, such as playfulness, cheerfulness and affection, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2018
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More than 40 years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, the chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to animals at the top of the food chain. A new study, just published in the journal Science, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2018
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Scientists have discovered that beluga whales and narwhals go through the menopause—taking the total number of species known to experience this to five.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2018
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Her head above water, Wikie the killer whale looks at the human trainer next to her pool, listens, then loudly vocalises: "Hello."
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2018
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Recovering populations of killer whales, sea lions and harbor seals on the West Coast have dramatically increased their consumption of chinook salmon in the last 40 years, which may now exceed the combined harvest by commercial ...
Ecology
Nov 20, 2017
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Male killer whales are more likely to die if they are not at the centre of their social group, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2017
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Jazz musicians riffing with each other, humans talking to each other and pods of killer whales all have interactive conversations that are remarkably similar to each other, new research reveals.
Other
Oct 13, 2017
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