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Makah Tribe Wins Federal Approval to Hunt Gray Whales
After decades of legal battles, federal regulators are allowing the tribe to hunt up to 25 whales in the next…
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Scientists Find an ‘Alphabet’ in Whale Songs
Ever since the discovery of whale songs almost 60 years ago, scientists have been trying to decipher their lyrics. Are…
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Why Do Whales Go Through Menopause?
A new study argues that the change brought these females an evolutionary advantage — and perhaps did the same for…
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These Whales Still Use Their Vocal Cords. But How?
Unusual experiments on organs recovered from three carcasses suggest how baleen whales call out at sea.
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Unlocking the Genes That Made Whales Into Giants
With names like titanosaurus and giganotosaurus, you’d be forgiven for thinking that dinosaurs were the most massive animals to ever…