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Right whales born in 1981 grew a metre longer than they do today

Surveillance of right whales in the North Atlantic show that individuals born today will grow to be a metre shorter, on average, than whales born in the early 1980s

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dolphin and man fishing

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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whales

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Whales and dolphins can resist cancer and their DNA reveals why

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A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico

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A new species of baleen whale has been found in the Gulf of Mexico

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An Orca or Killer Whale (orcinus orca)

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Orcas (Orcinus orca)

Orcas swimming in New Zealand

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Orca deaths found to be a result of human activity

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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Bottlenose dolphins may control their heart rates to avoid the bends

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dolphin

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Common dolphins may finally be returning to the Adriatic sea

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whale skeleton

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Leonardo da Vinci saw a whale fossil that opened his mind to deep time

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Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

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Dolphins and whales separately evolved the same speedy swimming bones

A fossil of an ancient giant tusked dolphin lacks the extra vertebrae and short pectoral bones that make fast swimmers of dolphins and baleen whales, which later independently evolved these traits

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An injured fin whale with no tail has been found in the Mediterranean

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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females

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Sea sums: How we're keeping whales safe using maths

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A blue whale's heart beats just twice a minute when it dives for food

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