In an oxbow lake along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a breathy sigh pierces the surface stillness as one of China's most endangered animals comes up for a gulp of hazy air.
Ecology
Dec 20, 2018
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A new study sheds light on how toothed whales adapted their sonar abilities to occupy different environments. The study shows that as animals grew bigger, they were able to put more energy into their echolocation sounds—but ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2018
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In a first study of its kind, Dr. Hanna Nuuttila, currently at Swansea University's College of Science—together with scientists from the German Oceanographic Museum, the University of St Andrews and Bangor University—revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2018
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A dolphin which has lived alone in the Firth of Clyde for at least 17 years appears to have found company in local harbour porpoises.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2018
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Scientists from Germany, Denmark and the U.K. have built a model tool to predict what happens to marine animals when exposed to noise from the construction and operation of wind farms at sea.
Ecology
May 7, 2018
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China's critically endangered Yangtze River porpoise is a distinct species, meaning it cannot interbreed with other porpoise types to pass on its DNA, a major analysis of the creature's genome revealed on Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2018
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Porpoises communicate with each other using sounds. Therefore, they are highly sensitive to noise, such as ship noise. And the Danish belts and sounds are some of the most heavily trafficked waters in the world.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2018
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in China has solved the mystery of how porpoises are able to locate tiny prey using sonar with wavelengths that seem too large to be of much use in such applications. In their paper published ...
Calls are mounting for the Mexican government and international experts to stop an operation to capture and enclose the few remaining vaquita porpoises, after one of the animals died soon after being caught over the weekend.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2017
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Mexico announced plans Friday to use trained dolphins to corral the last remaining vaquita marina porpoises into a protected breeding ground, a last-ditch bid to save the critically endangered species.
Ecology
Jul 1, 2017
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