Those same genes were inhibitors in cetaceans under 10 meters, which explains the genetic link between the 8.8 meter-long non-toothed common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), and other ...

The two modern parvorders of cetaceans – Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales) – are thought to have separated from each other around 28-33 million years ago in a second cetacean ...

Whale song can be as efficient as – and, in some cases, more efficient than – human communication, according to a new study in Science Advances. Meanwhile, new unrelated research in Science further ...