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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.This review paper summarises the current knowledge on hybrids between blue and fin whales, from historical to contemporary observations, highlighting morphological and genetic identification across the world oceans. ABSTRACT Hybrids between blue (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin (B.
Christophe Pampoulie +6 more
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Multiple steroid and thyroid hormones detected in baleen from eight whale species [PDF]
, 2017 © The Author(s), 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Conservation Physiology 5 (2017): cox061, doi:10.1093/conphys/cox061.Recent studies have demonstrated ...
Buck, C. Loren +6 more
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Status of the world's baleen whales
Marine Mammal Science, 2015 AbstractNo global synthesis of the status of baleen whales has been published since the 2008IUCNRed List assessments. Many populations remain at low numbers from historical commercial whaling, which had ceased for all but a few by 1989. Fishing gear entanglement and ship strikes are the most severe current threats.
Thomas, Peter O. +2 more
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Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are quantitative tools in biogeography and macroecology. Building upon the ecological niche concept, they correlate environmental covariates to species presence to model habitat suitability and predict species distributions.
Moritz Klaassen +3 more
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Gigantism Precedes Filter Feeding in Baleen Whale Evolution [PDF]
Current Biology, 2018 Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are the largest animals on Earth, thanks to their ability to filter feed vast amounts of small prey from seawater. Whales appeared during the latest Eocene, but evidence of their early evolution remains both sparse and controversial, with several models competing to explain the origin of baleen-based bulk feeding.
Fordyce, R. Ewan, Marx, Felix G.
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Acoustic indices are not useful for biodiversity research
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1506-1518, May 2026.Abstract Biodiversity assessment using passive acoustic monitoring has historically been challenging due to the limited availability of multi‐species acoustic detectors. In this context, acoustic indices were introduced as an alternative way to represent species diversity in acoustic datasets.
Larissa S. M. Sugai +6 more
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Borealodon osedax, a new stem mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Washington State and its implications for fossil whale-fall communities [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Baleen whales (mysticetes) lack teeth as adults and instead filter feed using keratinous baleen plates. They do not echolocate with ultrasonic frequencies like toothed whales but are instead known for infrasonic acoustics.
B. K. Shipps +2 more
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 4, Page 864-911, April 2026.Abstract The trigeminus nerve (cranial nerve V) is a large and significant conduit of sensory information from the face to the brain, with its three branches extending over the head to innervate a wide variety of integumentary sensory receptors, primarily tactile.
Juri A. Miyamae +4 more
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Fecal Material of Captive Wild Animals as Source of CAZymes With Application Potential
ChemBioChem, Volume 27, Issue 8, April 2026.With the goal to identify a novel resource of enzymes, we tested for the potential of fecal metagenomes of captive wild animals to provide CAZymes. Our data show that CAZymes profiles differed between animals with varying gut physiology and diet, and that metagenomes of captive wild animals can be considered source of diverse CAZymes including rare and
Julia Bechtner +2 more
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The Truth About Soviet Whaling [PDF]
, 2008 I have always condemned (and to do anything more was not within our power or abilities) the illegal and sometimes destructive whaling by the Soviet Union.
Berzin, Alfred A.
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