Whale 'missing link' discovered
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The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.
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A simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
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A fossil found in Wyoming resolves a puzzle over when bats gained their sonar-like ability to navigate and locate food.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Scientists are studying endangered right whales this summer to learn more about their behavior and assess the risks posed by lobster gear.
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North Pacific right whales may not be going extinct after all. Scientists have found twice as many right whales in the Bering Sea as previously spotted, giving them hope the rare whales are making a comeback.
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The whale which lost its way and became stranded in the river Thames suffered from arthritis, scientists say.
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The eastern Pacific gray whale may not have recovered to its pre-hunting population as has ben believed.
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Science & environment: The mysterious case of St Kilda's vanishing black sheep has been solved by geneticists
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Two humpback whales may have found their way back into the Pacific Ocean through San Francisco Bay after wandering off their migration path for more than two weeks.
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The eastern Pacific gray whale may not have recovered to its pre-hunting level, as has been believed.
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One of the great success stories of the ocean, the return of the Pacific gray whale, may have been based on a miscalculation, scientists reported Monday in a study based on whale genetics.
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An extremely rare whale with a beak like a dolphin found dead on a Byron Bay beach has excited Australia&#39;s marine researchers.
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A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt &#151; more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
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A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt &#151; more than a century ago.
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer.
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.
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The whale's tiny ancestor, how global warming may be hurting plants' carbon-fixing ability, and the mystery of Mars's missing limestone