To save animals, we must work with their culture
10 December 2014
For the first time, a global treaty has recognised non-human culture. Now we must rethink how we preserve key species, says biologist Philippa Brakes
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All the latest on newscientist.com: metal-eating plants, Facebook and Oculus, face-shifting empathetic robot, stem cell "unethical" culture and more
Ancient 'shrimp' was the blue whale of the Cambrian
26 March 2014
A 70-centimetre-long creature resembling a shrimp was the first animal to swim around filtering food from the water, just like modern baleen whales
Whale graveyard reveals most ancient mass strandings
26 February 2014
The oldest and greatest graveyard of extinct marine mammals now sits under a highway in South America – but researchers got access first
Antarctic freeze paved the way for baleen whales
18 April 2013
When Antarctica froze over it transformed the ecosystems in the surrounding oceans, and may even have driven the evolution of baleen whales
Zoologger: World's biggest mouth has an erectile secret
8 March 2013
There is a surprise lurking on the roof of the cavernous mouth of the bowhead whale
Software simulator tracks undersea noise pollution
8 June 2011
Maps based on predictions of underwater noise pollution could give whales much-needed peace and quiet
Blue whale feeding methods are ultra-efficient
9 December 2010
The largest animal that has ever lived may also be the most efficient, as its method of filter-feeding takes in 90 times as much energy as it uses up
Tune in to the live whale song network
8 October 2010
A new website lets you listen live to a network of underwater listening stations around Europe and Canada
How does a bowhead whale smell? Quite well, actually
22 July 2010
Bowhead whale brains have a fully developed olfactory system, questioning assumptions that the largest animals on Earth have a lousy sense of smell
