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On this week's episode: using magnets for brain surgery, fish use tools to find food, cold plunges actually have health ...
A newly published report highlights the range of socio-cultural benefits people experience from the coast and sea, helping to ...
Now, a new species has been added to their menu. For the first time, a group of killer whales has been documented preying upon a prickly shark, a rare deep-sea dweller, according to a study ...
Scientists say they have the first recorded video evidence of narwhals using tusks not only to strike and manipulate fish during feeding but also engage in what appears to be playful behavior, ...
Narwhals have not been held successfully in captivity. Six whales were captured in 1969-70 for exhibit in public aquaria and all died within four months, likely of pneumonia (Newman 1970; Reeves 1977) ...
Narwhals, like many species seen around the Arctic, have a thick layer of blubber which serves to keep them warm in the freezing waters. Unusually, narwhals gather not based around traditional ...
Narwhals, like many species seen around the Arctic, have a thick layer of blubber which serves to keep them warm in the freezing waters. Unusually, narwhals gather not based around traditional ...
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls Date: March 18, 2025 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: A major review of over 67,000 animal ...
Involving more than 800 scientists from more than 400 institutions worldwide, Ocean Census has embarked on ten expeditions and numerous workshops—so far—with a sole aim: discovering new species in the ...