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Sperm whales support ecotourism in Kaikōura and blue whales come to feed off the New Zealand coast – but both may become a rare sight as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
Many animals have evolved very entertaining – if not impolite – strategies for evolutionary success.
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating accumulation of rubbish the size of a continent, has whales and dolphins in its heart.
Complex behaviour such as regional accents and cultural food preferences in whales and dolphins seems to be linked to brain size.
Space weather can impact life on Earth.
Highly prized and extremely rare, it’s hard to tell if you’ve stumbled on this piece of sperm whale ‘product’.
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University Research Fellow, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Sustainable Chemistry, Bangor University
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Senior Research Associate in Space and Planetary Physics, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Stanford University
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Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Scientist, Stanford University
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Biogeography, Node & Stream Leader for ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, University of Technology Sydney; Australian Museum
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Research Geologist and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals, Smithsonian Institution
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biology, University of Washington