A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.

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Mercado is a cognitive scientist and a 2023 fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation. He knows how certain sounds, such as whale ...

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The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications.

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In a scary movie, creatures that can't always be seen often provide the biggest frights for characters and viewers alike. In deep-ocean research, the absence of one particular creature—the so-called ...

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Scientists completed an autopsy for a whale that was stranded on Hilton Head Island in May. The review showed that starvation ...

If DAS works as hoped, it could give conservationists real-time information to protect the whales. For instance, if the ...