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Art by Jaime Bran

July 14, 2026

James Patrick Rule, Monash University; Ian G. Brennan, Australian National University, and Travis Park, Monash University

Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?

A baleen whale feeding in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Dr Krista Hupman

March 1, 2017

David Hocking, Monash University; Felix Georg Marx, Monash University, and Travis Park, Monash University

There are plenty of mammals that have adapted to life in water, some more than others. That meant they also had to adapt the way they feed.

Alfred the aetiocetid had teeth but needed a better way to capture his tiny prey. Carl Buell.

November 29, 2016

Felix Georg Marx, Monash University; David Hocking, Monash University, and Travis Park, Monash University

The largest animals on the planet - the baleen whales - prey on some of the smallest. But how did their teeth evolve into the filters they use today?