1. The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels
   2026/04/15 by Gašper Beguš, Maksymilian Dąbkowski, Ronald Sprouse +2 · 2 voices
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Environmental Science · #Acoustics #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Coda #Fishery #Linguistics #Marine animal studies overview #Philosophy #Phonology #Physics #Speech and Audio Processing #Sperm whale #Whale
2. Estimating Total Body Lipid Store of Free‐Ranging Whales In Vivo Using Drone Photogrammetry and Biologging Tags
   2025/11/26 by Alec Burslem, Saana Isojunno, Rui Prieto +2 · 1 voice · 3 citations
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Cephalopods and Marine Biology #Drone #Marine animal studies overview #Photogrammetry #Population #Population density #Sperm whale #Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact #Volume (thermodynamics) #Whale
3. Identifying Areas of Potential Risk Based on Future Genetic Adaptability in Three Arctic Whale Species
   2025/09/29 by Evelien de Greef, Claudio G. Müller, Anthony A. Snead +6 · 1 voice · 1 citation
   Environmental Science · #Arctic #Beluga #Beluga Whale #Climate change #Context (archaeology) #Foraging #Genetic diversity #Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies #Marine animal studies overview #Sea ice #Whale
4. Most “flight” baleen whale species are acoustically cryptic to killer whales, unlike “fight” species
   2025/01/31 by Trevor A. Branch · 2 voices · 1 citation
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Baleen #Biology #Crypsis #Ecology #Marine animal studies overview #Predation #Underwater Acoustics Research #Whale #Zoology
5. Variation in whale (Cetacea) inner ear anatomy reveals the early evolution of “specialized” high‐frequency hearing sensitivity
   2024/12/03 by Rachel A. Racicot, Mickaël J. Mourlam, Eric G. Ekdale +3 · 4 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Audiology #Biology #Cetacea #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Human echolocation #Inner ear #Marine animal studies overview #Medicine #Middle ear #Neuroscience #Paleontology #Predation #Sensory system #Underwater Acoustics Research #Whale #Zoology
6. Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish‐eating Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)
   2023/09/28 by Deborah A. Giles, Sarah J. Teman, Samuel Ellis +17 · 1 voice · 6 citations
   Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Biology #Cetacea #Chinook wind #Ecology #Endangered species #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fishery #Habitat #Harassment #Marine animal studies overview #Oncorhynchus #Phocoena #Porpoise #Predation #Psychology #Whale #Zoology
7. Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whaleMesoplodon eueu
   2021/10/27 by Emma L. Carroll, Michael R. McGowen, Morgan L. McCarthy +30 · 1 citation
   Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Marine animal studies overview #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Identification and Quantification in Food #Beaked whale #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Biodiversity #Zoology #Monophyly #Ecology #Phylogenetic tree #Whale #Clade
8. The pattern of brain-size change in the early evolution of cetaceans
   2021/09/28 by David A. Waugh, J. G. M. Thewissen · 2 citations
   Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Brain size #Encephalization #Biology #Paleontology #Whale #Cetacea #Cenozoic #Extant taxon #Zoology #Geology #Evolutionary biology #Ecology
9. Microplastics in fecal samples of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and from surface water in the Philippines
   2021/09/26 by Mila Mi Hua Yong, Clara Leistenschneider, Joni A. Miranda +6 · 1 citation
   Environmental Science · #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques #Microplastics #Whale #Plastic pollution #Marine debris #Fishery #Pollution #Megafauna #Environmental science #Endangered species #Marine mammal #Habitat #Ecology #Biology #Debris #Oceanography #Geology
10. A new species of baleen whale (Balaenoptera) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of its geographic distribution
    2021/01/10 by Patricia E. Rosel, Lynsey A. Wilcox, Tadasu K. Yamada +1 · 2 citations
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Marine animal studies overview #Marine and coastal plant biology #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Baleen #Whale #Balaenoptera #Biology #Subspecies #Lineage (genetic) #Right whale #Cetacea #Fishery #Zoology
11. A Giant Eocene Whale from Ukraine Uncovers Early Cetacean Adaptations to the Fully Aquatic Life
    2021/01/02 by Svitozar Davydenko, Tetiana Shevchenko, T.V. Shevchenko +4 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Anatomy #Baleen #Biology #Cephalopods and Marine Biology #Cetacea #Ecology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Juvenile #Marine animal studies overview #Paleontology #SPINE (molecular biology) #Whale #Zoology
12. On the use of the Lloyd's Mirror effect to infer the depth of vocalizing fin whales
    2020/11/01 by Andreia Pereira, Danielle Harris, Peter L. Tyack +3 · 1 citation
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Acoustics #Artificial intelligence #Channel (broadcasting) #Computer science #Fin #Geology #Hydrophone #Interference (communication) #Marine animal studies overview #Oceanography #Physics #Reflection (computer programming) #SIGNAL (programming language) #Spectrogram #Telecommunications #Underwater Acoustics Research #Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems #Whale
13. Higher level phylogeny of baleen whales
    2020/09/25 by John Gatesy, Michael R. McGowen · 1 citation
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Baleen #Biology #Cetacea #Clade #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Geography #Lineage (genetic) #Marine and coastal plant biology #Marine animal studies overview #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Sister group #Underwater Acoustics Research #Whale #Whaling #Zoology
14. Asymptotic Growth of Whale Sharks Suggests Sex-Specific Life-History Strategies
    2020/09/16 by Mark G. Meekan, Brett M. Taylor, Emily Lester +7 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Marine and fisheries research #Biology #Juvenile #Whale #Sex ratio #Ecology #Reef #Growth model #Fishery #Zoology #Demography #Population
15. Armored eyes of the whale shark
    2020/06/29 by Taketeru Tomita, Kiyomi Murakumo, Shinya Komoto +4 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Elasmobranchii #Whale #Biology #Anatomy #Zoology #Fishery
16. Annual Bands in Vertebrae Validated by Bomb Radiocarbon Assays Provide Estimates of Age and Growth of Whale Sharks
    2020/04/06 by Joyce J. L. Ong, Mark G. Meekan, Hua‐Hsun Hsu +2 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Endangered species #Longevity #Whale #Fishery #Fishing #Chondrichthyes #Threatened species #Annual growth % #Biology #Geography #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Ecology #Habitat
17. Return to the Sea, Get Huge, Beat Cancer: An Analysis of Cetacean Genomes Including an Assembly for the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
    2019/04/17 by Marc Tollis, Jooke Robbins, Andrew E. Webb +9 · 1 voice · 35 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Cetacea #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Gigantism #Humpback whale #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Marine and coastal plant biology #Marine animal studies overview #Whale #Zoology
18. Tooth Loss Precedes the Origin of Baleen in Whales
    2018/11/29 by Carlos Mauricio Peredo, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Christopher D. Marshall +1 · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Baleen #Biology #Cetacea #Dentition #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Marine animal studies overview #Paleontology #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Underwater Acoustics Research #Whale #Zoology
19. Gigantism Precedes Filter Feeding in Baleen Whale Evolution
    2018/05/01 by R. Ewan Fordyce, Felix G. Marx · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Baleen #Biology #Cetacea #Ecology #Marine and coastal plant biology #Marine animal studies overview #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Right whale #Scopus #Whale #Zoology
20. Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828
    2017/07/14 by Timothy D. Read, Robert A. Petit, Sandeep J. Joseph +9 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species #Biology #Whale #Fishery #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Zoology #Genome #Marine fish #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Gene
21. Oral cavity hydrodynamics and drag production in Balaenid whale suspension feeding
    2017/04/11 by J Potvin, Alexander Werth · 1 citation
    Engineering · Medicine · Mathematics · #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems #Drag #Whale #Suspension (topology) #Oral cavity #Physics #Fishery #Mechanics #Biology #Medicine #Mathematics
22. How Baleen Whales Feed: The Biomechanics of Engulfment and Filtration
    2016/09/13 by Jeremy A. Goldbogen, David E. Cade, John Calambokidis +4 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Underwater Acoustics Research #Baleen #Biology #Predation #Foraging #Ecology #Whale #Obligate #Pelagic zone #Apex predator
23. Evidence that St. Helena island is an important multi-use habitat for whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, with the first description of putative mating in this species
    2016/03/21 by Elizabeth Clingham, Judith Brown, Leeann Henry +2 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Whale #Bay #Habitat #Mating #Fishery #Juvenile #Geography #Biology #Shore #Ecology #Zoology #Archaeology
24. Deep-sea whale fall fauna from the Atlantic resembles that of the Pacific Ocean
    2016/02/24 by Paulo Yukio Gomes Sumida, Joan M. Alfaro‐Lucas, Maurício Shimabukuro +7 · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Balaenoptera #Biology #Deep sea #Ecology #Fauna #Fishery #Geography #Geology #Habitat #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies #Marine and coastal plant biology #Minke whale #Oceanography #Polychaete #Whale
25. A new Early Oligocene toothed ‘baleen’ whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest
    2015/12/01 by Felix G. Marx, Cheng‐Hsiu Tsai, R. Ewan Fordyce · 4 citations
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Underwater Acoustics Research #Marine and coastal plant biology #Baleen #Biology #Dentition #Whale #Cetacea #Zoology #Paleontology #Evolutionary biology #Ecology
26. Blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density
    2015/10/02 by Elliott L. Hazen, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jeremy A. Goldbogen · 5 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Biology #Diffusion and Search Dynamics #Ecology #Energy expenditure #Foraging #Marine animal studies overview #Optimal foraging theory #Predation #Whale
27. First observations of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) attacking a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf
    2015/05/04 by Matthew L. Dicken, Alison Kock, M. Hardenberg · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · #Biology #Carcharhinus #Fishery #Humpback whale #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Marine animal studies overview #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Whale
28. Marine mammals of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Salas y Gomez Island (Motu Motiro Hiva), Chile: a review and new records
    2014/10/10 by Rodrigo Hucke‐Gaete, Anelio Aguayo Lobo, Sebastian Yancovic Pakarati +1 · 1 citation
    Environmental Science · Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Echinoderm biology and ecology #Minke whale #Sperm whale #Whale #Beaked whale #Marine mammal #Baleen #Porpoise #Whaling #Fishery #Humpback whale #Biology #Geography #Balaenoptera #Harbour
29. Massive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales
    2014/05/06 by Ping Feng, Jinsong Zheng, Stephen J. Rossiter +2 · 1 citation
    Engineering · Environmental Science · Nursing · #Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies #Baleen #Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques #Biology #Cetacea #Ecology #Evolutionary biology #Food science #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Marine animal studies overview #Most recent common ancestor #Pseudogene #Taste #Taste receptor #Umami #Whale #Zoology
30. Resurrection of Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963: A new species of beaked whale in the tropical Indo‐Pacific
    2014/02/05 by Merel L. Dalebout, C. Scott Baker, Debbie Steel +11 · 3 citations
    Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine animal studies overview #Marine and coastal plant biology #Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies #Beaked whale #Biology #Lineage (genetic) #Zoology #Monophyly #Systematics #Mitochondrial DNA #Species complex #Evolutionary biology #Taxonomy (biology) #Ecology #Clade #Phylogenetics #Whale #Phylogenetic tree #Genetics #Gene

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