Cancer should be a near certainty for whales, the longest-living and largest mammals there are – but scientists are finding that cetaceans are excellent at protecting themselves against the deadly ...

Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles? A study has looked into the possible ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry ...

Findings discovered that humpback whales near the Antarctic Peninsula were present in far higher numbers early in the season than anticipated. Marine Conservation Charity ORCA’s “State of the ...

A comprehensive study that builds on previous phylogenetic research on cetaceans and that combines morphology, genetics, and behavior confirms that the closest living relative is the hippo and ...

Modern members of the mammalian order Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are obligate aquatic swimmers that are highly distinctive in morphology, lacking hair and hind limbs, and having flippers ...

It seems cetacean populations have declined significantly in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. This is probably because of three factors: a reduction of fish stocks due to commercial exploitation ...

Beads add hardly any extra weight to fishing gear and could save thousands of lives, it is claimed Simple plastic beads could save the lives of some of the thousands of porpoises and other cetaceans ...

Did the first ancestors of whales pick up where the mosasaurs left off 66 million years ago, after the extinction of all the large predatory marine reptiles? A study conducted by Rebecca Bennion, a ...