who have spent their whole careers studying this family of whales, have more questions about the deep-sea diver than answers. “These are extreme animals. These are animals that dive to great ...
After the soft tissues are gone, specialised organisms like "bone-eating worms" will burrow into the whale's bones, consuming the marrow and nutrients within ...
Misty MacDuffee, a conservation biologist with the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, said in an interview that she is always hopeful when she hears of a new calf being born, but noted southern ...
Sperm whales live in the depths of the ocean. They dive as deep as 900 meters (nearly 3,000 feet) to forage and spend only about 10 minutes of every hour on the surface. Their world is cold and dark, ...
enhance the growth of phytoplankton that collectively capture 37 billion tons of CO2 per year and cycle nutrients to the deep sea when they die. Moreover, whales embody immense cultural value to ...
JONATHAN LAMBERT, BYLINE: Anyone who's ever swum in open water knows it's hard work. You have to contend with choppy water, and the physical act of swimming creates drag, explains biologist Kimberley ...