Scientists have studied potential cancer suppression mechanisms in cetaceans, the mammalian group that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Biologists picked apart the genome of the humpback whale, as well as …read more Source:: Science
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Humpback whale blow microbiome described
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•For the first time, scientists have identified an extensive conserved group of bacteria within healthy humpback whales’ blow — the moist breath that whales spray out of their blowholes when …read more Source:: Science
U.S. drones capture breath samples from humpback whales in study
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•BOSTON (Reuters) – Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Cape Cod have begun using a helicopter-style drone to monitor humpback whales off the coast, collecting breath samples from …read more Source:: UKScienceNews