A recent study from July 2023 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B sheds light on how marine mammals, like ...

Marine mammals' adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19 Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us ...

In 2023, researchers from Switzerland and Sweden put this irreversibility problem to the test.They examined over 5,600 mammal species to see if aquatic adaptations are irreversible and if they are ...

To test this idea in mammals, the researchers divided thousands of species into four categories: fully terrestrial species, those with some aquatic adaptations but that are still mobile on land ...

Charting marine mammal behavior is no easy feat, but that's exactly what a group of international citizen scientists is doing off the coast of Italy. As Faith Lapidus reports, they are spending a ...

Marine mammals’ adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19 Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us vulnerable to long-term effects from a disease that disrupts the ...

Thirty-five other genera of aquatic mammals are mentioned, most being rodents or insectivores. The head with special sense organs, mouth, and skull come in for treatment, our author then passing ...

Marine mammals exhibit a suite of physiological adaptations that enable prolonged breath-holding and efficient underwater activity. Their respiratory systems are uniquely modified to withstand ...

Millions of years ago, ancient land-dwelling mammals returned to the sea. Their bodies became streamlined for swimming, articulated fingers turned into flippers and fins, hypnotic songs slowly ...

To learn more about how these groups of land mammals took on their characteristic girth when they turned aquatic, the researchers compiled body masses for 3,859 living and 2,999 fossil mammal ...

(CN) – Despite hosting some of the largest creatures on Earth, the ocean limits mammal growth more so than land, according to a new study. The report, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of ...

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