Abstract of a paper read at the meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, April 21, 1834. ACCOUNT OF THE DISSECTION OF A YOUNG RORQUAL OR SHORT WHALEBONE WHALE THE BALAENA ROSTRATA OF FABRICIUS WITH ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

Last week, scientists conducted the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the rarest whale species on Earth. New Zealand Department of Conservation When a 16-foot, 3,000-pound mystery whale ...

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A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

For more than 30 years, the Pacific Rim Whale Festival has celebrated the arrival of migrating grey whales to Canada’s wild west coast — the perfect introduction to a land rich in coastal traditions ...