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Bats, whales, and bio-sonar: New findings about whales’ foraging behavior reveal surprising evolutionary convergence

Bats, whales, and bio-sonar: New findings about whales’ foraging behavior reveal surprising evolutionary convergence | Science News | Scoop.it
Though they evolved separately over millions of years in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behavior to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar.
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Supersized Squid Eyes Likely Evolved to See Whales

Supersized Squid Eyes Likely Evolved to See Whales | Science News | Scoop.it
A giant squid's soccer ball-sized eyeballs are three times wider than any other animal's, but explaining why has kept squid researchers busy...
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Underwater Noise Disturbs Whales 120 Miles Away

Underwater Noise Disturbs Whales 120 Miles Away | Science News | Scoop.it

Pulsing sounds made by technology used to monitor fish stocks may affect how baleen whales communicate, even at great distances.

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Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery

Whales in the desert: Fossil bonanza poses mystery | Science News | Scoop.it

More than 2 million years ago, scores of whales congregating off the Pacific Coast of South America mysteriously met their end.

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Saving Right Whales? There's an App for That

Saving Right Whales? There's an App for That | Science News | Scoop.it
A new app relies on whale calls to help mariners avoid hitting endangered right whales.

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Dolphins May Sleep-Talk in Whale Song | Dolphin Dreams & Memory | Mimicry, Animal Cognition & Animal Communication | LiveScience

Dolphins May Sleep-Talk in Whale Song | Dolphin Dreams & Memory | Mimicry, Animal Cognition & Animal Communication | LiveScience | Science News | Scoop.it
Recordings of five captive dolphins mimicking whale songs at night could be evidence of the animals 'rehearsing' their days in their sleep.
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Citizen scientists can now study whale communications

Citizen scientists can now study whale communications | Science News | Scoop.it
Scientific American and the Zooniverse present Whales Calls...
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» When Whales Walked in Egypt

» When Whales Walked in Egypt | Science News | Scoop.it
The story of Protocetus, one of the very earliest whales and the fossil that could have quickly closed a gap in our understanding of one of the greatest transitions in evolutionary history.
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