See All Key Ideas MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population ...

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive.

Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked ...

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The Museum of Natural History shocked even liberal Upper West Side parents by showcasing an animated film featuring a ...

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For our new study, we reviewed the literature on the movements of marine migratory species from 1990 to 2017. We synthesised the start and end points of migrations reported in more than 1,300 ...