
Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris, is probably the most robust and deep-bodied member of the genus Mesoplodon, which includes 15 of the 24 known species of…
Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris, is probably the most robust and deep-bodied member of the genus Mesoplodon, which includes 15 of the 24 known species of…
Northern Bottlenose Whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus, are endemic to the North Atlantic Ocean and have an estimated population of at least 10 000 individuals. They are…
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Being observant sounds easy, but how good are our observational skills? Great minds started by observing what surrounded them and then documented it, resulting in…
Have you ever watched Spongebob ??? Do you remember that little green character called Plankton ? But what is he really? So Plankton is actually a very…
Sperm Whales are the largest existing toothed whale. The name is a reference to the white liquid contained in the spermaceti organ which is situated…
Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, is a distant ‘relative’ of Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus). At sea it is often difficult to distinguish them from the Dwarf Sperm…
Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia sima, is a rarely seen, unobtrusive dolphin-sized cetacean. Similarly to Pygmy Sperm Whales (Kogia breviceps), they share some common characteristics with Sperm…