a pygmy right whale beached off New Zealand (copyright Darryl Wilson) In 2002, the body of a strange looking whale resembling both a right whale and a bowhead was found … [Read full article]
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New Sensory Organ Discovered In Rorqual Whales
A new sensory organ has been discovered in rorqual whales. The discovery may help explain the great success of their ‘lunge-feeding method’. Rorqual whales are a subgroup of baleen whales … [Read full article]